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[–] 30mag@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I wish they hadn't change the name. It was much easier to keep bullshit I do not care about out of my newsfeed when it was called twitter.

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Set a filter for capital ' X ' (with a space on either side) as well as ' X.' (left space + period)

[–] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Eh, it's not that simple... There's a windowing system on Linux, and an old punk band from LA, and a whole generation...

[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Running away from the X windowing system might not be that bad though 😉

[–] Isthisreddit@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Unix Blasphemy!!

I do love X though (not the Twitter rebrand - Motif for life!!). A simple X program is/was so portable, but I guess not many people care anymore.

[–] danielton@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

But for some stupid reason, most Linux users have nvidia, which doesn't play well with Wayland (or X, for that matter...)

[–] Kinyutaka@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Not to mention the phrase, X marks the spot.

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

It's not a perfect solution, no, but it's a solution.

Personally, none of those would hold me back, but to each their own.

[–] suction@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Also, how am I going to look for MDMA pills in the late 90s US?

[–] veniasilente@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

Just keep calling it Twitter and campaign for other people to do the same.

[–] landsharkkidd@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

I still deadname it and call it Twitter. I refuse to call it X.