I wish news outlets would just refuse to call it X and continue to call it Twitter. They're giving the stupid idea legitimacy and Musk doesn't need or deserve that.
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Official news outlets are sort of forced to call it by its official name. I feel like Western society has sort of agreed to that general rule.
So fucking happy I deleted twitter. At this point it's just a horse race to see which site dies faster reddit or twitter.
Stop kidding yourselves.. Reddit isn't dying. It's growing.
0.5% of users turned to Lemmy while the rest bent over.
But regardless, given all the media hype around the protests, Reddit DID take a hit to its reputation overall. I'm sure there is a not insignificant number of people still on Reddit who would jump ship were an acceptable alternative available to take its place. I still believe that as Lemmy grows, more content gets created, and the various UIs and Apps used to access increases, people will slowly move over. Spez is looking to monetize the fuck out of Reddit too, so all corporate social media sites are now heading towards some sort of paid model. I don't know about you, but I don't know many people willing to pay for access to a shitty social media site, be it twitter or reddit.
Hope they enjoy their ads :)