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Summary

Stephen King announced his departure from X (formerly Twitter), calling the platform “too toxic” and urging followers to join him on Threads.

King has frequently clashed with X owner Elon Musk over verification charges and political disputes, including Musk’s support for Donald Trump.

Other entities, including The Guardian, German football club St Pauli, and actor Jamie Lee Curtis, have also left the platform, citing concerns over toxic content, misinformation, and hate speech.

Rival platforms like Threads and Bluesky are gaining traction, with Bluesky reporting nearly 15 million users globally.

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[–] capital_sniff@lemmy.world 16 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

I've been calling it the Roman numeral for ten site formerly known as twitter. Are people just abbreviating this to 'X' now?

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 43 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I've just been calling it twitter

I'll never deadname a person, but I'll deadname the shit out of a bigoted transphobic crybaby billionaire's shitty website.

[–] brianary@startrek.website 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] modus@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Just make "X" catch on as a popular Euphemism for "Trans."

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 hours ago

Merry transmas.

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 8 hours ago

Please don’t, thanks

[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

I've been calling it Xitter, the X is pronounced sh

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Xitter! It’s poppin’!

[–] Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Yep, and each post is a Xit, still pronounced with the mandarin X.

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Each post that goes viral is poppin’.

If it really blows up it’s BACKNE and it’s POPPIN’!

But the best xits are all BLOWING THE FUCK UP!

Whole place was covered in pus! means EVERYONE popped it. To pop a xit is to share a post.

Gah. Hep me loard.

[–] Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

The mandarin X is pronounced similar to SH pronunciation in English.

Like Xiaomi is pronounced "Show me"

So Xitter and Xit are not pronounced with the Z sound you are thinking.

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Oh, and yours isn’t the comment I meant to reply to.

Shitter, zitter. It’s all gravy baby.

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

I mean, shitter is cool and all. It ain’t poppin’ though.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago

Formerly known as? It's still twitter.