In my language we also have this “X (formerly Twitter)” shit, it’s like these fucking stringers got it shoved down their throat by the marketing/lawyer team
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toastus@feddit.de 9 months ago
Just fucking do it.
Maybe then other media will finally stop reporting shit like
“Person Z said Y on X (formerly Twitter).”
FLX@lemmy.world 9 months ago
jonne@infosec.pub 9 months ago
Yeah, it’s crazy how much influence Twitter still has on the media conversation. Nothing that happens on Mastodon ever makes the news because journalists haven’t been able to figure it out.
squiblet@kbin.social 9 months ago
It’s annoying enough when they report what someone famous said on Twitter but the articles about what a bunch of random unknown people posted on Twitter (often phrased as if they represent a community) are even worse.
paddirn@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Headline: “People are outraged about !”
Source: 5 random tweets I found that are mildly mocking the thing.
squiblet@kbin.social 9 months ago
"Twitter went wild about this!"
Source: 5 random tweets from people with 22 followers each, most of whom are crypto spammers