Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

As Twitter destroys its brand by renaming itself X, Mastodon user numbers are again soaring | TechCrunch

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As Twitter destroys its brand by renaming itself X, Mastodon user numbers are again soaring | TechCrunch

Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

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As Twitter ditches its iconic branding in favor of owner Elon Musk's favorite letter "X," its open source competitor Mastodon is once again seeing usage numbers soar.

It’s not just lemmy that’s benefiting from Elon Musk.

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1•2 years ago
Just deleted my Twitter account. Of course, the app gave nothing but errors so I had to do it on desktop, but it’s done!
- @ramblinguy@sh.itjust.works
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  1•2 years ago
  So now you have an ex-Twitter account. Or an X account for short.
  
  Maybe Elon was truly 200 IQ with his naming

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