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I don't want to call Twitter X out of spite, but calling the travesty that is X Twitter is an insult to the people that made Twitter what it was. (lemmy.ca)

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[-] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 17 points 1 week ago

As a sidenote, looking up what the mathematical symbol actually means gave me this gem

𝕏 redirects here, for the social media, see Twitter

Even the Wikipedia community refuses to acknowledge this!

[-] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

[-] rain_worl@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

see the talk page of twitter

[-] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 week ago

There is no concencus, slightly more people oppose to rename the page, but only sightly.

I hope they keep it up, to avoid confusion, and to spite their current, dickhead CEO

this post was submitted on 03 Oct 2024

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