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I don't like petty internet arguments, I can't help appreciate him referring to it as Twitter.
by steve_adams_86 2y ago
I don't like petty internet arguments, I can't help appreciate him referring to it as Twitter.
- stronglikedan 2y ago[flagged]
- teg4n_ 2y agoYou must be a supreme court justice if you can’t tell the difference between a company and a person!
- Volundr 2y agoCompanies aren't people.
- sofixa 2y agoMusk deadnames his own child, I think it's fine to not be considerate to him.
- catapart 2y agosetting aside the understanding of hypocrisy as entirely negative, deadnaming is bad because it can allow for unwanted tracking/attention, and because it might be offensive/hurtful for the person you are calling a name that they do not use. neither of those issues apply for companies. unless you've relentlessly refrained from calling McDonald's "mickey D's" (or any other company, any name other than their company name) specifically because you "might offend them" (they have a "preferred" name, that's why they put it everywhere), then you're not applying the rule universally. and if you worry that using "twitter" in place of "x" would somehow allow for stalking of the company that the real name would prevent, I would love to see any rational justification for that concern. rules - of morality or otherwise - are reasonable to follow only when they have some net benefit. even by the low standards of an edgelord trying to apply rules where they would be ironic, this fails the test of even applying the rules correctly.
- latentcall 2y agoI only call it Twitter because I’m not gonna say “X” it just sounds stupid.
- al_borland 2y agoIt seems like everyone calling it x.com would allow people to use the name without having to know the history or be confused by just calling something X. Kind of how pets.com was always called pets.com, because just calling something "pets" would be confusing.
- maxerickson 2y agoIt's "X, the everything app", said with an exhausted sneer.
- fujinghg 2y agoZombo already took that title https://zombo.com/ https://zombo.com/
- ddingus 2y agoYes, and I think of the "X Window System" often when "X" is mentioned, doh!
- filoeleven 2y agoIt's a good thing their logos are so different.
- polotics 2y agoi say "the X website" and I find it very funny
- steve_adams_86 2y agoIt's like the ship of Theseus for me. If all of the parts are swapped out, is it the same ship? I don't know, that's interesting to think about. But if all of the parts are essentially the same but worse for wear, with a shittier captain, is it the same ship? Yes, it's still Twitter.