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New Twitter launches, says Musk's X gave up the name (arstechnica.com)
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Get your shortnames while the getting's good.

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[–] 24 points 2 months ago (1 child)

Kind of a missed opportunity to not do this with a Mastodon instance.

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    • [–] 19 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Vibe coded funding-begging and AI “fact check”‘ scans on every post. What a fuckin grift.

    “Reserve your username for $20 or you like Nazis” is the message I’m picking up from this

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago

    I suspect it's entirely grift motivated. There's obviously going to be a takedown so owner is likely going to earn what they can and then bail the second X's lawyers send a cease and desist. I can't see any honest or altruistic motivation to do this.

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    • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    https://bsky.app/profile/jeffgerstmann.com/post/3mtzuosxmzc2n

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    [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    https://xkcd.com/927/

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    [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    weird flex but ok

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    [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    "Why-eeee?"

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