Steve Harbick
Charlie StrossPsst: you can mis-gender/deadname X by refusing to stop calling it Twitter.
Do it to just annoy Dilbert Stark.
Pass it on!
Jagermo@cstross
He simply took the unicode character U+1D54F, didn't he?
He simply took the unicode character U+1D54F, didn't he?
Alan Bellingham
Mei Lin@cstross
I will keep calling it twatter myself. Because its still full of twats.
I will keep calling it twatter myself. Because its still full of twats.
run_atalanta -> beige.party@cstross seeing this post as the first this after being offline for a while is hilarious. I'm guessing Pay-attention-to-meeeeee-Elmo has done more weird crap.
Rodrigo Culagovski
WebQueerGreisin@cstross
W Twitter Y Z ? 🤔
W Twitter Y Z ? 🤔
kat 🌻@cstross See also Facebook and National Airport.
Glynn Stewart@cstross
"The Social Media Formerly Known as Twitter"
"The Social Media Formerly Known as Twitter"
Colin Macleod@GlynnStewart @cstross "The Social Media Formerly Known as Twitter" - or ex-twitter for short?
FeralRobots@cstross but...but...then I can't call it 'Xitter'!
Laird Bob Fumble of Cocomilk@cstross I mean, juste for practical reasons, I won't stop.
AskPippa🇨🇦@cstross But people will still be Tweeting, right? Or will they be X-ing (which will confuse people at cross-walks).
Ian Irving 🇨🇦@cstross yes! https://ruby.social/@iani/110769678792932554
tl;dr; no reason to call stadiums by their latest sponsor name;
Ian Irving 🇨🇦 (@[email protected])
as posted on the deadbird site X by @[email protected] "Years ago, people realized there’s no reason to call stadiums by their latest sponsor name; fans and journos kept calling the SF stadium “candlestick park” through its life despite multiple “official” name changes. Same with Skydome etc. Same applies to social-media platforms." https://twitter.com/DougSaunders/status/1683196012398084102
Roger Moore@cstross
If you really want to annoy him, you could stop talking about it at all.
If you really want to annoy him, you could stop talking about it at all.
pr06lefs@cstross I'm good with going along with the name change. Makes it clear that twitter as we knew it no longer exists.
Jaime Robertson@cstross I suspect this is no different from when Musky changed the bird to Doge. That lasted a month?
His attention span’s not long enough for this to stick.
His attention span’s not long enough for this to stick.
Steinar Bang@cstross Here's mine https://twitter.com/steinarba/status/1683513796822695936?s=20
I'm kinda proud of "dead-bird-site"
@cstross Another one https://twitter.com/steinarba/status/1683514756655722496?s=20
I'm starting to have fun here!
David Gerard@cstross i would call it the Hammersmith Odeon of social media, but that's way more positive than it deserves
Paula
tabbycat@cstross I want to know if X is pronounced 'Christ' as in Xmas and Xian!
Sam Livingston-Gray@cstross annoying billionaires is a worthy endeavor, but this framing implies the axiom "intentional misgendering/deadnaming are acceptable if the target is considered sufficiently loathsome."
@geeksam It's to some extent a joke, though: corporations and trademarks don't have gender, do they?
@cstross obviously not, and I almost noted as much in my reply. :) But that was a third-order thought for me; the first two were "lol screw that guy" and "...but I can't boost something that even *appears* to give cover to transphobes," and the second point seemed the most salient to me.
Everyday Freethought@cstross
I wonder why he has this weird obsession with the letter "X": He wanted to call PayPal X.com, SpaceX, he called a couple of his kids X and Exa.
Also: I find it interesting that he isn't paying leases on Twitter office space (despite wanting people to return to office) yet somehow he got someone to change the logo.
How has someone this stupid gotten so wealthy?
David W. Jones@cstross
Speaking of corporate "dead names"', I have *still* never signed up for Facebook, either.
Speaking of corporate "dead names"', I have *still* never signed up for Facebook, either.