X terms of service has right to take back username. X ported his followers over to new account at least, he said. Vaught is still using X, though he did set up account on Threads and Mastodon.

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    Do you really call Twitter “X”? It sounds like you are talking about porn or you are trying to censure a word 😅😅😅

    What the fuck was Elon thinking?

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      Just call it X… without any reference to its former universally known name so that no one knows wtf you are talking about.

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          Did you try Xcreting on X about X?

          It’s probably the best way to get re Xcreted.

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        More often, I’ve seen articles just ignoring the name change and still using the terms “Twitter” and “tweet/tweeted”.

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      i’m okay with either of either of these since it reinforces the stupidity and futility:

      • x, formerly twitter
      • the company formerly known as twitter
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        I just deadname it and call it twitter. I will continue to do so until it dies just like I do with facebook.

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          This is the way. I mean, it still refers to ‘tweets’ as ‘tweets’ in the fucking app. What a fucking joke. Elon Musk is such a fucking piece of shit. I hope Zuckerburg beats the shit out of him.

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        The company who 'Til Recently was known as Twitter.

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      I’m pondering blocking users that post the same links over and over again on different communities. Why do it ?

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        If they’re cross-posted they’ll show up only once (though not all apps support this feature yet). I cross-post when I know something is especially relevant to multiple communities. If I don’t then someone else will, either not cross-posting or using a different source, meaning it will definitely show up multiple times to people.

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          Yes, crossposting should be the way forward to avoid needless clutter. Let us hope most apps implement that feature quickly.

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    Social media company took back a username, the technology news I needed to learn, are we reddit now?

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      Irony?

      Since Musk is allegedly about “free speech” - but obviously only if it suits him and your handle isn’t something he wants…

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      Legally, you are entirely correct.

      As an admin of a Lemmy instance though, I can assure you that the entire userbase of Aussie.zone would riot if I decided to simply take over a username because I thought it was cool. And they’d be right to. Even for a guy whose yardstick of outrageous actions is so out of alignment with the norm, this was not cool.

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          I honestly can’t claim credit for how wholesome the instance is. The users make the place what it is. I spend maybe 15 minutes a day reviewing user account requests and reports. I can say that 0% of the users I’ve had to ban were locals. The locals are marvellous.

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      They can, but if they want to keep the respect of the community they shouldn’t.

      And the respect of the community is quite important on a social media.