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As Twitter destroys its brand by renaming itself X, Mastodon user numbers are again soaring | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
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As Twitter ditches its iconic branding in favor of owner Elon Musk's favorite letter "X," its open source competitor Mastodon is once again seeing usage numbers soar.

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[–] ComeHereOrIHookYou@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago (4 children)

What makes this even better is that apparently Mark Zuckerberg / Mets owns trademark for the X logo.

You know what that means! Millionaire monkey money fight!

[–] rooster_butt@lemm.ee 53 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I hate to correct you, but it's a billionaire baboon bills brawl.

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 1 year ago

An affluent ape asset altercation.

[–] ComeHereOrIHookYou@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Damn, that's even better!

[–] joel_feila@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Microsoft also as a trademark for X.

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait so the cage match is still a possibility?

[–] ComeHereOrIHookYou@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

There is a possibility!

[–] Zana@startrek.website 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Mets own it too?

[–] ComeHereOrIHookYou@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I mean sure why not! lmao