Both names are linkbait. I think 'Twitter' is less misleading than 'X', so it wins the guideline on points.
Not saying it's a strong case, just that it tilts that way. Others would call it differently and that's always the case with a close call.
Just because you buy something doesn't mean you get to change popular usage by decree. There's a whiff of corporatism about that which sticks in my craw.
(I am not, god help us, making any implicit point about the muskwars.)
Well, when I got up this morning I didn't think I'd be doing this today:
> please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize.
Both names are linkbait. I think 'Twitter' is less misleading than 'X', so it wins the guideline on points.
Not saying it's a strong case, just that it tilts that way. Others would call it differently and that's always the case with a close call.
Just because you buy something doesn't mean you get to change popular usage by decree. There's a whiff of corporatism about that which sticks in my craw.
(I am not, god help us, making any implicit point about the muskwars.)
Ideally you'd do the same for Facebook. That other thing they call themselves is immensely insulting to a good word, and stolen valor to boot.
No, Zucc, you're not cyberpunk. And your overgrown jumped-up Ivy league hot-or-not definitely ain't.
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It's pretty common in my circles to call it X now. Things change, most people adapt.
X (formerly Twitter) is how I’ve seen it cited elsewhere.
That's the safest, but it runs up against HN's 80 char limit on titles and also feels clumsy and formalistic.