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robxorb | 1 year ago

Well, when I got up this morning I didn't think I'd be doing this today:

> please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize.

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dang|1 year ago

Both names are linkbait. I think 'Twitter' is less misleading than 'X', so it wins the guideline on points.

Not saying it's a strong case, just that it tilts that way. Others would call it differently and that's always the case with a close call.

Just because you buy something doesn't mean you get to change popular usage by decree. There's a whiff of corporatism about that which sticks in my craw.

(I am not, god help us, making any implicit point about the muskwars.)

samatman|1 year ago

Ideally you'd do the same for Facebook. That other thing they call themselves is immensely insulting to a good word, and stolen valor to boot.

No, Zucc, you're not cyberpunk. And your overgrown jumped-up Ivy league hot-or-not definitely ain't.