• ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Can we stop deadnaming X please. That has gone, move on. You may remember it fondly if you wish.

    Edit: I explained my rationale to bytesonbike, maybe I am wrong! I just want everyone to leave that shitty cesspool of a platform

    • Chloé 🥕@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      i get not wanting to call x by its old name (because people who do that sometimes do it to ignore what it has become), but don’t call this “deadnaming” please. it trivializes deadnaming and what it does.

      corporations are not people, they don’t get to have deadnames.

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      1 day ago

      I’ll stop calling it by its old name when Elon starts calling his daughter by hers

    • sunnie@sopuli.xyz
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      2 days ago

      i’m calling it whichever comes to mind first. which is probably twitter as that’s what i’ve been calling it for the past decade.

    • Nikkii@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 days ago

      When elon stops deadnaming his daughter, then his fascism propaganda shithole can stop being deadnamed too.

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      1 day ago

      The main problem with X as a platform name is that it creates a lot of ambiguity that takes multiple reads to figure out. Twitter is unambiguous.

      • ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        Of course I do. Twitter is dead. Calling it Twitter now only enables people to keep imagining continuity when they need to leave if they were fond of what it was. Elon only profits from any cachet that name still has.