MattW03@lemmy.ca to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTwitterlemmy.caimagemessage-square167fedilinkarrow-up11.57Karrow-down141file-text
arrow-up11.53Karrow-down1imageTwitterlemmy.caMattW03@lemmy.ca to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square167fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareVantaBrandon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up99·3 months agoIts almost funnier to see every news publication constantly refer to it as “X (formerly known as Twitter”), the constant need to remind people of how stupid the decision was it amusing
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up52·3 months agoI prefer “Twitter (temporarily known as X)”
minus-squareCaptnNMorgan@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·3 months agoThat would imply he or someone else will change the name back to Twitter
minus-squareCaptnNMorgan@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoIf it closed down, then it would close down as X
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoso it would still be temporary, is the joke. It’s just a pune or play on words
minus-squareCaptnNMorgan@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoIt was also temporarily called Twitter though
minus-squareorphiebaby@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoAnd we’d still call what it was “Twitter”.
minus-squareynthrepic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoI fully expect him to sell it before long and the new buyer will change it straight back again.
Its almost funnier to see every news publication constantly refer to it as “X (formerly known as Twitter”), the constant need to remind people of how stupid the decision was it amusing
I prefer “Twitter (temporarily known as X)”
That would imply he or someone else will change the name back to Twitter
or it’ll close down
If it closed down, then it would close down as X
so it would still be temporary, is the joke. It’s just a pune or play on words
It was also temporarily called Twitter though
And we’d still call what it was “Twitter”.
That’s the joke.
I fully expect him to sell it before long and the new buyer will change it straight back again.
Ex Twitter