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My favorite part:

But while his reaction the day after learning that X was commandeering his handle was extreme frustration, Vaught told Ars that the platform will remain his primary form of social media.

"it's highly annoying, but Twitter is still my preferred social media," Vaught said. "That's how I communicate and learn my news about what's going on. Nothing else compares."

His only "minor protest" to X's action, he said, was to cancel his Twitter Blue subscription.

Vaught is mostly a Musk fan, as he's interested in Musk's electric cars and space developments. He said that this experience with X hasn't tainted his opinion of Musk or his relationship too much with X as a platform. He's holding out hope that Musk has a long-term plan for where Musk is taking X, but like many users, he's struggling to adjust to the rebranding.

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[–] Jackcooper 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am a bit annoyed that the leopard has eaten my face but not enough to move away from the leopard or do anything at all.

[–] mjhelto 3 points 1 year ago

Not true, they did something to stop the leopard face-eating, they stopped giving the leopard money! Take that leopard!

[–] dub 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Except he's thanking the leopard. Crazy stuff

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

"WITNESS ME, LEOPARD!!!" - that dude