I will never call it “X,” just like I will never call Facebook “Meta.”
Isn’t Facebook still Facebook? Meta is the parent company that owns Instagram, WhatsApp, Threads, Oculus, Onavo, Beluga, and about 90 other tech companies. They do just like Google, or Alphabet, and buy out every tech startup that has any chance of success to ensure they never have competition.
You still call it Google too despite the parrent company thry added years ago, don’t you? …
called the game of Monopoly
No, I always call it Fuckbook and don’t intend to change that but yea, definitely not Meta!
I still think of Facebook as The Facebook from when its website used to be thefacebook.com.
TruthX. It brings it more in line with SpaceX and model X, and also tells what it’s turning into.
Didn’t Trump already claim the Orwellian social media company name? The one where you get your turds (or whatever they call them) deleted for contradicting Dear Leader?
That’s Truth Social. Musk seems to use it as a blueprint for the new Twitter.
Ministry of Truth Social, of course.
I always felt like Jim was a dick here. But I agree in this context.
Jim is a dick in most of the office
He thinks he’s better than everyone he works with and really only treats people decently when he wants something
Imma going to go with “Y” from now on
thats the name of his daughter with claire (grimes) too lol
But… WHY would you call it that?
If you want Musk to fail, use the name that has less brand recognition and lower brand trust.
The Twitter brand was literally the most valuable part of that company. When people hear “X” they are MUCH more inclined to either
- not recognize the brand name
- focus on the fact that the product has changed significantly (for the worse)
Call it X.
This is just so Elon Turd can say he didn’t ruin twitter, right?
Well, this just adds to the list of how he ruined twitter.
it is ALWAYS ok to deadname a company
“X. I go by X now.”
I’m going to call it “eggs”. A tweet is now an “egg” and tweeting is “egging”.
Nah. Gonna call you S. Stands for Shit.
Angry X’ing
I’ve been calling it Xitter, sounds like zitter. Gotta call it something, not the dumb thing he made up.
Remember the
G A Y S E Twitter
So I have a younger, semi-autistic relative that wants to be called “Kalcifer.” To be it seemed absolutely stupid, and I refused, but I was nice about it. But I’ve heard of other people wanting the same thing. Can someone explain this to a Millennial please?
Why not call someone what they want to be called? It ain’t new. Just like it’s polite to ask someone “can I call you x” or “do you prefer x or y” when you start to call someone a nickname or more personal name, someone can ask to be called x, and it’s polite to do so. Names are arbitrary things, but at the same time often deeply meaningful to people.
My guess is that Kalcifer sounds cooler than their birth name? I think it sounds cool at least.
Calcifer is the fire demon from Howl’s Moving Castle - I’d guess it’s a reference to that?
I’m perfectly fine with using the name Xitter
