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Re:Twitter's 'X' name change has led to a decrease in App St... by lwansbrough on Sunday August 27, 2023 @04:16PM (#37286251)
I don’t see much evidence of the Twitter brand having a tainted name. And it’s laughable to suggest that’s why it was changed. Twitter was a household name, it was the place where people went to talk about stuff. And people knew that about it. X is… for blazing my glory(???)
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Re:Twitter's 'X' name change has led to a decrease in App St... by duskwuff on Sunday August 27, 2023 @05:30PM (#37286815)
> And people knew that about it. X is… for blazing my glory(???)

I still can't help reading "blaze your glory" as a barely veiled drug joke.

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Re:Twitter's 'X' name change has led to a decrease in App St... by delfinom on Sunday August 27, 2023 @06:27PM (#37287229)
I read it as a sex joke
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Re:Twitter's 'X' name change has led to a decrease in App St... by dpig_ on Monday August 28, 2023 @02:44AM (#37290641)
It's way more nonsensical than that. It just means absolutely nothing.
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Re:Twitter's 'X' name change has led to a decrease in App St... by johndunne on Sunday August 27, 2023 @05:57PM (#37287004)
I still don’t know why the name. For me, x marks the spot, x can be shorten some words, and in a domain name you better go incognito before opening.
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