Six months ago NPR left X. The effects have been negligible — X wasn’t worth the effort, at least in terms of traffic::Covering thought leadership in journalism
it’s ok you can still call it twitter
Why should I call it that when calling it X devalues the company?
The Twitter brand was the most valuable part of the business. If Elon wants to shoot himself in the nuts, I’m not going to stop him.
I prefer “X/Twitter/Whatever” for that same reason. Making it a confusing mess means “X” can never really be a valuable brand imo
It’s ok to call it by its real name “Shit Hole” as well.
I prefer shitter. May also be written as xitter
NPR doesn’t produce inflammatory, biased news and clickbait headlines, so this is not surprising in the least.
why does the title say X when the article - and most people - still call it twitter?
I had a really old Twitter account going back to 2009, maybe 2008. I don’t even remember. Back then it was great for connecting with friends, making plans, meeting new people, etc. I hadn’t done anything meaningful with it in years so I logged in to see if it was really as bad as everyone was claiming.
Narrator: It was.
Within a month I was simultaneously a fascist, an anarchist, a bootlicker, a socialist, and a troll. I think I had posted a picture of a cup of coffee and maybe my cat.
Deleted, moved on with life.
They didn’t leave X six months ago, they left Twitter six months ago. The rebrand did not start until July.
