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Can we stop calling it "X"? Like... no, dickhead, I don't care how much money you spent on the company. It's Twitter. Renaming things is dumb, and it's time s

Can we stop calling it "X"? Like... no, dickhead, I don't care how much money you spent on the company. It's Twitter. Renaming things is dumb, and it's time someone fell on a sword for doing it. Apparently the Sears Tower wasn't enough of a warning.

pkulak 3y ago
Why do reporters feel they need to call it “X”? Can they be sued or something? I feel like no.
- hunter2_ 3y ago
  You probably can't get sued for deadnaming either, but it'll piss people off so why try it?
  - pkulak 3y ago
    That’s… a hell of a comparison.
  - rsynnott 3y ago
    This really is a very, very extreme interpretation of corporate personhood.
lijok 3y ago
It’s Twttr, actually
- josu 3y ago
  It's Odeo, actually
bigstrat2003 3y ago
Yes, please. Similarly I wish people would stop calling Facebook "Meta". No, it's still Facebook and always will be.
- lenerdenator 3y ago
  The thing is, I almost get the change to Meta. Facebook had a family of products it had purchased/established and didn't want to just be known as the place where your aunt posted stolen election conspiracy theories when they were trying to get their "Metaverse" corporate rebirth off the ground. It didn't work, but I kinda get it. The rename to X is different because it is Musk trying to make "fetch" happen. He convinced himself in the late 90s that "X" would be the ultimate website name despite a mountain of user feedback that it would, in fact, not be the ultimate website name. He's had a hyperfixation on it ever since. Now he's the richest man in the world after 20 years of artificially-low interest rates and incestuous relationships on Silicon Valley corporate boards, and no one will tell him it was a shit idea lest they lose their jobs or connections or because they've gotten as poisoned on the kool-aid as he is.
__MatrixMan__ 3y ago
I'm on board with this. As users of the language, dictionaries look to us to determine what correct usage is. If we decide that Twitter is the word for the company that Elon Musk calls X, then we are correct (so long as there are enough of us doing so).
lukas099 3y ago
I wish it hadn't, but it seems like the ship has sailed.
jbm 3y ago
Can you please stop deadnaming X? If they want to be known as X, that's the least we can do.
- HHC-Hunter 3y ago
  A leopard does not change its spots.
- pritambaral 3y ago
  Let's settle in the middle and call it Xitter? Seems more honest anyway.
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bsder 3y ago
I prefer "Xitter". Feel free to use Mandarin inflections if you wish.
- smegsicle 3y ago
  real 'M$' vibes off this one
rsynnott 3y ago
It should be treated like Consignia. (Consignia was the name the Royal Mail (the UK Post Office) briefly, bafflingly adopted in 2001. Everyone completely ignored this, and they quietly changed it back a year or so later. The early noughties were _weird_.)
timetraveller26 3y ago
Nah, I think is a good way to keep the eras separated. Twitter was ok, X is a shitshow.

pkulak 3y ago

Why do reporters feel they need to call it “X”? Can they be sued or something? I feel like no.

hunter2_ 3y ago
You probably can't get sued for deadnaming either, but it'll piss people off so why try it?
- pkulak 3y ago
  That’s… a hell of a comparison.
- rsynnott 3y ago
  This really is a very, very extreme interpretation of corporate personhood.

lijok 3y ago

It’s Twttr, actually

josu 3y ago
It's Odeo, actually

bigstrat2003 3y ago

Yes, please. Similarly I wish people would stop calling Facebook "Meta". No, it's still Facebook and always will be.

lenerdenator 3y ago
The thing is, I almost get the change to Meta. Facebook had a family of products it had purchased/established and didn't want to just be known as the place where your aunt posted stolen election conspiracy theories when they were trying to get their "Metaverse" corporate rebirth off the ground. It didn't work, but I kinda get it. The rename to X is different because it is Musk trying to make "fetch" happen. He convinced himself in the late 90s that "X" would be the ultimate website name despite a mountain of user feedback that it would, in fact, not be the ultimate website name. He's had a hyperfixation on it ever since. Now he's the richest man in the world after 20 years of artificially-low interest rates and incestuous relationships on Silicon Valley corporate boards, and no one will tell him it was a shit idea lest they lose their jobs or connections or because they've gotten as poisoned on the kool-aid as he is.

__MatrixMan__ 3y ago

I'm on board with this. As users of the language, dictionaries look to us to determine what correct usage is. If we decide that Twitter is the word for the company that Elon Musk calls X, then we are correct (so long as there are enough of us doing so).

lukas099 3y ago

I wish it hadn't, but it seems like the ship has sailed.

jbm 3y ago

Can you please stop deadnaming X? If they want to be known as X, that's the least we can do.

HHC-Hunter 3y ago
A leopard does not change its spots.
pritambaral 3y ago
Let's settle in the middle and call it Xitter? Seems more honest anyway.
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bsder 3y ago

I prefer "Xitter". Feel free to use Mandarin inflections if you wish.

smegsicle 3y ago
real 'M$' vibes off this one

rsynnott 3y ago

It should be treated like Consignia. (Consignia was the name the Royal Mail (the UK Post Office) briefly, bafflingly adopted in 2001. Everyone completely ignored this, and they quietly changed it back a year or so later. The early noughties were _weird_.)

timetraveller26 3y ago

Nah, I think is a good way to keep the eras separated. Twitter was ok, X is a shitshow.