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X can now ask users for government IDs to verify their paid accounts (www.theverge.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 year ago (2 children)

X? Oh, you mean Twitter?

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I noticed that my brain is automatically doing the translation now from X -> Twitter. I would however prefer that we continue referring to it as Twitter

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I read X like in "he who cannot be named". People use that name because they don't want to use Twitter, but we know it is Twitter. You won't change my mind.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

I associate X with the X.org display manager, wondering what a display manager would need a government I'd to authenticate me for.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I will also accept something like TwitX