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Re:Twitter starts limiting how many Tweets you can post per Day by echelon on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @11:27PM (#34719745)
> The letter ‘x’ is an orthographic symbol that has become synonymous with gender inclusivity.”

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/a40314411/folx-meaning...

TIL

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Re:Twitter starts limiting how many Tweets you can post per Day by throwawaylinux on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @11:30PM (#34719765)
Ah, folk (or folks) that would make sense. I thought that was always a non-gendered term but I'd better not question it.
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Re:Twitter starts limiting how many Tweets you can post per Day by DiggyJohnson on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @11:53PM (#34719914)
Folks is non-gendered, that’s why the “folx” terminology is seen as pandering / virtue signaling / etc. by many, many people. Re: Latinx.
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Re:Twitter starts limiting how many Tweets you can post per Day by TchoBeer on Thursday February 09, 2023 @12:09AM (#34720015)
I'm pretty sure it's just a fun way to spell folks
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Re:Twitter starts limiting how many Tweets you can post per Day by liamN on Thursday February 09, 2023 @01:27AM (#34720410)
I agree that folx doesnt make sense as a nongendered term, but Latinx is used because Latino/Latina IS (traditionally) gendered.
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Re:Twitter starts limiting how many Tweets you can post per Day by d1str0 on Thursday February 09, 2023 @01:38AM (#34720471)
Even though Latinos don’t like the term because it’s whitewashing their culture.
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Re:Twitter starts limiting how many Tweets you can post per Day by chihuahua on Thursday February 09, 2023 @12:00AM (#34719960)
"folks" is non-gendered, but it does not have the virtual signaling properties of "folx" which is all about increasing inclusivity to heights that were previously unheard of.
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Re:Twitter starts limiting how many Tweets you can post per Day by adamisom on Thursday February 09, 2023 @01:18AM (#34720363)
how synergistic
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Re:Twitter starts limiting how many Tweets you can post per Day by arghandugh on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @11:50PM (#34719891)
It’s a silly internet spelling of “folks” that’s been around for three decades - don’t overthink this.
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