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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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[–] CrypticFawn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago

I don’t like twitter nor Elon but why would someone leave a platform because they would change their name?

Twitter has been around for so long, many are attached to it on an emotional level. It's older than my eldest niece; she's known about it since she could memorize the damn word.

So as dumb as it is that THIS is what pushes people to leave, I'm glad more are leaving regardless.