X terms of service has right to take back username. X ported his followers over to new account at least, he said. Vaught is still using X, though he did set up account on Threads and Mastodon.

  • Puppy
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    Do you really call Twitter “X”? It sounds like you are talking about porn or you are trying to censure a word 😅😅😅

    What the fuck was Elon thinking?

    • @TimeMuncher@lemmy.world
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      102 years ago

      Xhitter

      (pronounced as shitter) Example: when musk gets a call from the zuck about the fight, he makes excuses about being on the xhitter. Sorry zuck, my ______ is paining and I’m on the xhitter, can’t fight.

    • PupBiru
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      i’m okay with either of either of these since it reinforces the stupidity and futility:

      • x, formerly twitter
      • the company formerly known as twitter
      • @Fosheze@lemmy.world
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        282 years ago

        I just deadname it and call it twitter. I will continue to do so until it dies just like I do with facebook.

        • @CoolSouthpaw@lemmy.world
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          82 years ago

          This is the way. I mean, it still refers to ‘tweets’ as ‘tweets’ in the fucking app. What a fucking joke. Elon Musk is such a fucking piece of shit. I hope Zuckerburg beats the shit out of him.

    • @Minarble@aussie.zone
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      482 years ago

      Just call it X… without any reference to its former universally known name so that no one knows wtf you are talking about.

      • RheingoldRiver
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        sorry, I X’d out of twitter before X X’d twitter, so I can’t actually X about Twitter or X on X,

      • 🔍🦘🛎
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        82 years ago

        More often, I’ve seen articles just ignoring the name change and still using the terms “Twitter” and “tweet/tweeted”.

  • King
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    92 years ago

    Social media company took back a username, the technology news I needed to learn, are we reddit now?

    • Magnor
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      52 years ago

      I’m pondering blocking users that post the same links over and over again on different communities. Why do it ?

        • Magnor
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          132 years ago

          Crossposting would be miles better then.

      • @soyagi@yiffit.net
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        112 years ago

        If they’re cross-posted they’ll show up only once (though not all apps support this feature yet). I cross-post when I know something is especially relevant to multiple communities. If I don’t then someone else will, either not cross-posting or using a different source, meaning it will definitely show up multiple times to people.

        • Magnor
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          72 years ago

          Yes, crossposting should be the way forward to avoid needless clutter. Let us hope most apps implement that feature quickly.

    • @Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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      32 years ago

      They can, but if they want to keep the respect of the community they shouldn’t.

      And the respect of the community is quite important on a social media.

    • @Nath@aussie.zone
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      132 years ago

      Legally, you are entirely correct.

      As an admin of a Lemmy instance though, I can assure you that the entire userbase of Aussie.zone would riot if I decided to simply take over a username because I thought it was cool. And they’d be right to. Even for a guy whose yardstick of outrageous actions is so out of alignment with the norm, this was not cool.

        • @Nath@aussie.zone
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          62 years ago

          I honestly can’t claim credit for how wholesome the instance is. The users make the place what it is. I spend maybe 15 minutes a day reviewing user account requests and reports. I can say that 0% of the users I’ve had to ban were locals. The locals are marvellous.

    • @peanutyam@lemmy.world
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      482 years ago

      Irony?

      Since Musk is allegedly about “free speech” - but obviously only if it suits him and your handle isn’t something he wants…