BrikoXJul 29, 2023

Apple rejects new name 'X' for Twitter iOS app because... rules

https://lemmy.zip/post/834310

Apple rejects new name 'X' for Twitter iOS app because... rules - Lemmy.zip

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/834308 [https://lemmy.zip/post/834308] > Archived version: https://archive.ph/cQmID [https://archive.ph/cQmID] > Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230729214729/https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/apple-rejects-new-name-x-for-twitter-ios-app-because-rules/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230729214729/https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/apple-rejects-new-name-x-for-twitter-ios-app-because-rules/]

Show threadTotsJul 29, 2023
I’m sure this won’t end up being a huge deal, but the funny part is that this apparently wasn’t planned for. Gives you some insight into how much of a shit show Twitter/X HQ must be right now.
Show threadPuppyJul 30, 2023

I think it's fait to just call it Twitter and not "x" or "twitter/x" or "x social" or "Twitter but actually x"

X will never stick 😅

Show threadOverzeetopJul 30, 2023
I think I’m okay with it being referred to as “the social media network formerly known as Twitter” from here on out.
Show threadCmot_Dibbler

I’m not. Prince was awesome. He changed his name to a symbol because Warner Bros trademarked his name and wouldn’t let him do what he wanted with his own music. People started calling him The Artist Formally Know as Prince. But the reason was ignored and everyone made fun of him.

Musk is an idiot and loser and shouldn’t be even tangentially compared to Prince.

Jul 30, 2023 at 2:34amWeb
Show threadDylpicklesJul 30, 2023

I think you’re a little silly for assuming that directly references Prince. I wasn’t even alive when all that stuff with Prince was happening and I had only heard it happened in a conversation I had with my mom when I was like 12.

That’s just kinda what you call something that was formerly known as something else when the something else is not well received.

Show threadtrashcanJul 31, 2023
It was popularized by the Prince situation whether people know that today or not.
Show threadRaknJul 30, 2023
This might hurt a little, but I don’t think most people today know who Prince is. I just know that he was a musician. That sentence is also a commonly used sentence in such scenarios, unrelated to one person.
Show threadKoboldschadenfrohJul 30, 2023
I think most people over 30 do. Maybe the younger crowd doesn’t know him…but looking at birthrates, young people are not a majority.
Show threadBuddahrifficJul 30, 2023
Call it “no”, or maybe “close button”.
Show threadquaddoJul 30, 2023
“Two drunk buddies holding one another up”
Show threadlemme_at_itJul 30, 2023
Wrong
Show threadOtakuAltairJul 30, 2023
No idea who prince except he’s a musician but “the site formerly known as Twitter” sounds hilarious
Show threadtrashcanJul 30, 2023
formerly known as
Show threadCmot_DibblerJul 31, 2023
Aye yai yai. Yes, thank you.