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Re:Epic Games Sale of Bandcamp Has Left the Artist-Friendly ... by kQq9oHeAz6wLLS on Sunday October 08, 2023 @10:36PM (#37816378)
When someone types "posted on X" in no way does anyone think someone posted something to a letter. They know it means X the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. So, really, there's no need to keep doing this parenthetical.
Re:Epic Games Sale of Bandcamp Has Left the Artist-Friendly ... by hresvelgr on Sunday October 08, 2023 @10:46PM (#37816430)
It's pretty common to see "posted on X" or "posted on XYZ" as a way of indicating interchangeability for the record.
Re:Epic Games Sale of Bandcamp Has Left the Artist-Friendly ... by ggurface on Sunday October 08, 2023 @11:01PM (#37816509)
I didn't know there was a rename. Hopefully they can keep up calling out the old name to let people know!
Re:Epic Games Sale of Bandcamp Has Left the Artist-Friendly ... by Guvante on Sunday October 08, 2023 @11:18PM (#37816587)
That isn't necessarily true, it takes a long time for everyone to know something.

It doesn't cost you much to glaze over the parenthetical but helps a lot for the couple of readers who won't understand.

Especially since Googling still doesn't work, here are the results in order: the Twitter handle, the film, the app (The X app is the trusted global digital town square for everyone. With X, you can: - Post content for the world to see and join public conversation), the movie a few times, the band, a bunch of pictures and finally Twitter is rebranding.

Note the handle and app don't mention Twitter except in an unhelpful way.

Pretty sure the actual one is the last link on the first page.

Re:Epic Games Sale of Bandcamp Has Left the Artist-Friendly ... by cma on Monday October 09, 2023 @12:19AM (#37816895)
With the common usage of the letter X as a generic stand-in, it's like naming your company "anything", "*", or "_".