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As Twitter destroys its brand by renaming itself X, Mastodon user numbers are again soaring | TechCrunch(techcrunch.com)

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As Twitter ditches its iconic branding in favor of owner Elon Musk’s favorite letter “X,” its open source competitor Mastodon is once again seeing usage numbers soar.

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teolan@lemmy.world
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“You should tweet that” becomes “you should X that”

“You should X-create” that

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Voli@lemmy.ml
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Ain’t X-ing a term for cutting something out of your life ?

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sheilzy@lemmy.world
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Yes, and I was thinking how confusing it could be. A: “Hey, did you see that trend on X?” B: “What? No, I don’t talk to my ex anymore.”

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model_tar_gz@lemmy.world
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It’s just a new form of messaging called X-communication.

oh wait.

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mauns@lemmy.world
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It’s inspired by all the X-Twitter employees

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Hiccup@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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We’re witnessing an X-tinction event in real time.

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teolan@lemmy.world
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And a tweet becomes an “X-cretion”

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callmepk@lemmy.world
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And retweet it become X-Forwarded-For it

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notapantsday@feddit.de
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X-crement

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