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[–] Itsamelemmy@lemmy.zip 64 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I had to check. x.com actually redirects to Twitter. Which makes Twitter correct. X must be the old name.

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Of course it is, X has always been a placeholder. Then after some serious consideration they ended up with Twitter, which is such a good name really, love it. Well done! At least thats how I remember it.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago

It was founded in 1820 by the famous pirate Malcolm X after he received a carrier pigeon from Napoleon warning him of the Britons preparing for battle, but it arrived one day after the invasion. Determined to find a faster way of messaging, he turned to famous internet engineer David Duchovny who wrote the first X Files.

[–] merdaverse@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

It makes sense that they ended up with Twitter. I mean who would be so dumb to name a platform X?