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Steve HermanAP Stylebook revises its guidance on X (Twitter).
Stephen Drennan@w7voa
Don’t know how they can resist the opportunity to annoy the Muskrat by requiring use of ‘Twitter (rebranded as X)’; the verb ‘Tweet’ can be used as it has passed into general use’
@infosec_jcp 🐈🃏 done differentlyYou know people do ignore the style guides, when approved, obviously, even AP. /Marked Satire / News / Safe 🥶🤏😋
Bill RickerThe AP styleguide is fine if one's copy will be edited by an AP-enforced professional Editor prior to moving on the AP wire.
Otherwise, for those not hoping to be picked up by The AP, their style is best avoided, as it is optimized for their workflow and environment not ours.
Kathryn@w7voa I will call it Twitter until it dies.
Noah Cook@w7voa This has a bit of a "now that the Berlin Wall has come down, we will no longer refer to the DDR..." feel to it.
@w7voa Although in this case, maybe the other way around
Rick MycroftX is still used by influential people, who are usually influential because they have a lot of followers on X.
Fixed it for them. They need to step back from the bubble world.
Drew Gilmore@w7voa is it journalistically important to name the service a notable person uses? How about just “posted on social media”?
petes_bread_eqn_xlsIt should not be a substitute for traditional interviews and reporting.
Yeah, that rule is going to be followed. 🙄
Jeri Dansky@w7voa #Alt4You
Heading: X (Twitter) (revised)
A social network, formerly called Twitter, on which users share text, photos, video and links with their followers in short messages. Twitter existed from 2006 until 2023. Elon Musk purchased Twitter in October 2022 for $44 billion. In July 2023, Musk renamed Twitter as X.
Use the social platform X on first reference. Reference to its former name of Twitter may or may not be necessary, depending on the story. Limit use of the verbs tweet and tweeted other than in direct quotations. Instead: posted on X, said in a post on X, etc.
Though its cultural relevance has declined, X is still used by influential people, including journalists, policymakers and celebrities. It is not necessarily reflective of the general population. It should not be a substitute for traditional interviews and reporting.