Why the f#ck do they still need to clarify it was once a good site . X remember I used to be Twitter.
X is a confusing name, and news articles want to write clear content. That is all.
Formally known as Twitter
Submitted 6 months ago by Stanwich@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
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Synthead@lemmy.world 6 months ago
WHYAREWEALLCAPS@kbin.social 6 months ago
Just more of a middle aged man being an edgelord.
NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Because “X” means X.org for about 40 years now.
Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me 6 months ago
Even down to the logo, same thicker bar on the X.
WHYAREWEALLCAPS@kbin.social 6 months ago
Has X.org taken any legal action about this? Or can they? I mean it's a letter, though the stylization is practically identical.
hperrin@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Because “X” is ambiguous and basically meaningless. They are clarifying that they are talking about the company that used to be Twitter instead of any of the other 1,000,000 things called X.
abhibeckert@lemmy.world 6 months ago
For me Twitter died shortly after Musk took over. It’s fitting that he renamed it.
2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 6 months ago
Sir, this is
a Wendy’s!technologybreakfastmtn@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
It’s an invasion. Severe aggression from Mildly Infuriating.
linearchaos@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I believe it was about the time that musk threw a fit the news was still calling it Twitter and threatened to take action. I’m pretty sure they’re calling it that now just to piss him off
jeffw@lemmy.world 6 months ago
They’ve been writing “X, formerly Twitter” in news articles since the day he announced it. Also was “Twitter, currently rebranding to X” for the first week.
evident5051@lemm.ee [bot] 6 months ago
Can’t wait for Twitter (formally X (formally Twitter)) to come.
Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 6 months ago
In Finnish media they’re usually calling it “viestipalvelu X” roughly translating to “messaging service X” but it’s not uncommon for them to include that it used to be called twitter.
lemann@lemmy.one 6 months ago
At least “Twitter” can be blocked nice and easily, “X” is pretty damn tricky without catching stuff like Xylophones, Exercise, Xbox etc
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 6 months ago