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X automatically changed 'Twitter' to 'X' in domain names, breaking legit URLs (mashable.com)
submitted 7 months ago by Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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On Monday, it appears X attempted to encourage users to cease referring to it as Twitter and instead adopt the name X. Some users began noticing that posts viewed via X for iOS were changing any references of "Twitter.com" to "X.com" automatically.

If a user typed in "Twitter.com," they would see "Twitter.com" as they typed it before hitting "Post." But, after submitting, the platform would show "X.com" in its place on the X for iOS app, without the user's permission, for everyone viewing the post.

And shortly after this revelation, it became clear that there was another big issue: X was changing anything ending in "Twitter.com" to "X.com."

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[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 104 points 7 months ago (15 children)

One of the rules of branding is to choose a unique name to prevent confusion. Half the time I see the X logo I don't know if they're talking about X11 or the website formerly known as Twitter

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 40 points 7 months ago (10 children)

It’s funny that if you need to clarify X, you can say x11. If you need to clarify X, though, it’s still twitter

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 40 points 7 months ago (9 children)

Oh, do you mean X the window manager or X the social media website?

The fact that a clarification like that needs to be made shows that Twitter has a branding problem.

Now, tell me which is which:

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Top left is X11 which means bottom right is Twitter

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