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RIP Twitter Dot Com: Elon Musk Moves Social Network to X Web Address (variety.com)
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[–] erwan@lemmy.ml 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yes, I mean how many companies get their brand turned into a verb?

[–] etruscan@lemmy.ca 15 points 5 months ago (3 children)

It’s like someone buying Kleenex and going “Nope, it’s called K now.”

[–] enleeten@discuss.online 5 points 5 months ago

Elon: "Need some Ks, mate"

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago

At least K has something to do with Kleenex. It's more like buying Coca-Cola and changing it to J