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X goes offline in Brazil after Elon Musk’s refusal to comply with local laws (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (12 children)

Yes and no. It only really applies to Twitter/X and Twitter clones. You wouldn't call a Facebook post a tweet, no matter how short, nor would you call a reddit or lemmy post/comment that.

And even then, Mastadon has its own term, toots, and BlueSky calls them skeets.

Until Twitter comes up with a new name in line with their new branding, I think the business should still be referred to as Twitter. But the business should go bankrupt before that happens, hopefully, the lenders need to call in their debts already.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

Why are the alternatives all so defecatory...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

I actually think the poor branding is part of why Mastodon is hard to spread. Can you picture anyone seriously saying they "tooted" something? Because I can't.