Comment on How long do you think we'll keep seeing "formerly Twitter"?

TrippyHippyDan@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Tujio@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I think it might be this. A lot of traditional media outlets are mad about twitter becoming such a necessity for them. The old guard is mad that they have to cater to this bullshit online platform. The new guard is mad at the fact that the best outlet for breaking online news is suddenly owned and operated by a fascist.

  All of them want to say that x is bullshit, but they don’t want to actually lose the clicks/ market share that comes with it. So they keep passive-aggressively calling it twitter.

  Drunkenly thinking about it, this is kinda like calling a trans person by their dead name. Except it’s insulting a shitty company led by a shithead, so I’m cool with it.

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  • TrippyHippyDan@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Especially when said shithead is fine with deadnaming people.

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