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Pretty much the title. I think you all know what I'm talking about.

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[-] GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 133 points 11 months ago

I still call it Twitter, because that's what it is.

[-] nickhammes@lemmy.world 66 points 11 months ago

When he stops deadnaming his daughter, maybe I'll start to care about his attempted rebrand of Twitter

[-] theneverfox@pawb.social 6 points 11 months ago

I still call Meta Facebook and alphabet Google... No one is confused, it's only ambiguous if you start getting into logistics about business units

Twitter didn't even reorganize, they just changed their name to something it feels dumb to say. It's actually less ambiguous to call it Twitter, because X is a confusing trademark

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[-] kratoz29@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago

This is the only sane response.

[-] Witchfire@lemmy.world 85 points 11 months ago

As a trans person, I like to remind everyone you are not just allowed but encouraged to deadname Twitter

[-] morphballganon@lemmy.world 55 points 11 months ago

Calling it deadnaming implies Twitter chose the name X. Twitter did not make that decision, thus calling Twitter Twitter is in no danger of offending Twitter.

[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 34 points 11 months ago

Going to deadname Twitter as long as musk is deadnaming his daughter

[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago

Oohhh that’s a good one.

[-] BoastfulDaedra@lemmynsfw.com 15 points 11 months ago

...what the heck is "deadnaming"?

[-] Witchfire@lemmy.world 24 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Using a trans persons's birth name rather than their preferred name. If done purposefully, it's extremely insulting.

[-] BoastfulDaedra@lemmynsfw.com 13 points 11 months ago

Thanks, I hadn't heard the term.

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[-] flicker@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Ooh. Excellent point. I will be disrespectfully deadnaming Twitter from now on.

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[-] Pratai@lemmy.world 52 points 11 months ago

We should stop calling it.

[-] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 49 points 11 months ago
[-] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 18 points 11 months ago

And Meta will always be Facebook

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[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 40 points 11 months ago

Just do what The Register does

Twitter, the social media service now calling itself X,

[-] BoastfulDaedra@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 11 months ago

Respect, but... No.

[-] cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 37 points 11 months ago

Xitter. Pronounced shitter.

[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 14 points 11 months ago

Does that make tweets xeets, pronounced shits?

[-] unrelatedkeg@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 11 months ago

Yes, yes it does. You xit xeets on the xitter.

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[-] Witchfire@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Tweets are Xcrements

[-] scottywh@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

The only acceptable answer

[-] ultra@feddit.ro 6 points 11 months ago

And tweets are xits

[-] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 23 points 11 months ago

It's much easier to simply keep calling it Twitter. Further syllables add nothing.

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 23 points 11 months ago

Or we can call it by the past tense "Twat".

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[-] KmlSlmk64@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago

Or you could call it what Linus on Wan show by Linus Tech Tips YT channel made up: ex-Twitter You essentially say both of the names and the fact that Twitter is the "old name". But as a F-u to Musk, we should just call it Twitter.

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[-] Emwe@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Is my brain meant to pronounce this as Shitter?

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[-] DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago

Just call it Shitter, because that's what it is.

[-] derpgon@programming.dev 5 points 11 months ago

Spelled "Xitter"

[-] besmtt@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

Just use the URL: twitter.com

[-] habitualTartare@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

X-twitter is my personal favorite. Ex-twitter works too.

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[-] Damaskox@kbin.social 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I still use the old names; Facebook, Twitter
I don't care if they change their names. Less brain power used to stick to an old name most (still) know.

[-] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 11 months ago

Facebook is still called that. The social media platform, that is; the company that runs it is now called Meta, and it makes sense to distinguish those.

[-] Kraiden@kbin.social 9 points 11 months ago

Twitter, formerly know as successful

[-] xkforce@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Its literally twitter.com and I despise musk so its called twitter for all of time.

[-] ohlaph@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

What about just "Ten"?

[-] Masimatutu@mander.xyz 7 points 11 months ago
[-] thefloweracidic@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

I say we just ignore it, everytime someone mentions it one red blood cell enters the Muskian dick

[-] mawkishdave@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

The dumpster fire formally called Twitter.

[-] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 11 months ago

I ignore it whenever possible but if I do say anything, it's called Twitter

[-] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 5 points 11 months ago

Whenever it occurs in spoken conversation, I call it X to highlight the absurdity of the rebranding. The other person either needs an explanation or a few seconds to figure out what I mean.

[-] vinylshrapnel@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 11 months ago

I pronounce it “not c” instead of x

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[-] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Whether you call it Ex-twitter or X-twitter, I don't really care :-)

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