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Now that Twitter has been renamed to X, what will you call Tweets?

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[–] Sendpicsofsandwiches@sh.itjust.works 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] PaulDevonUK@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago
[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 1 year ago
[–] JBloodthorn@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago
[–] aesopjah@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

That's weirdly kinda the biggest blunder IMO. Every other similar platform is missing the verbiage, but then they go and hamstring themselves into the same boat. Like, what do you call a Threads or Mastadon post? Certainly not a Tweet, prob just a generic Post. It was a differentiator, and now they've voluntarily thrown it away.

Not that I care much, never was on it in the first place

[–] Bakachu@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Twats. Past tense for tweets, obviously.

[–] cccc@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Posts. Same as I call them on every platform. Fuck the branding exercise.

[–] odium@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] mohKohn@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

he doesn't have the copyright. X won't last

[–] mysteriousquote@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought Xcommunications might have potential, but it’s too long

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

So Xcom for short…

[–] TheChancePants@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I heard “Xclamations” somewhere which I will admit is somewhat clever. Too long though. And also “X” sucks. “Twitter” and “tweet” are way too iconic and this was a terrible move. Musk’s reputation is what’s killing the service, not the branding. The name and logo were a couple of the only things the creators got right in the first place.

[–] morethanevil@lmy.mymte.de 5 points 1 year ago

My new word since april last year: toot ☺️

[–] frayans@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago
[–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
[–] bemenaker@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[–] wyzewyz@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

OP here, I say "Xeets"

[–] shukufuku@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

XD lol random

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I will continue to call them twats.

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] d00phy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Same. Has a vaguely jizz-ish sound that, I think, suits the site well.