{"id":17833,"date":"2023-07-24T16:19:41","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T16:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gustavopineda.com\/?p=17833"},"modified":"2023-07-24T16:19:41","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T16:19:41","slug":"twitter-x-what-are-tweets-called","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gustavopineda.com\/?p=17833","title":{"rendered":"What are tweets called now that Twitter is X? Users weigh in"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Elon Musk bought Twitter<\/a>, a brand whose name and bird imagery was recognized across the world, for $44 billion. Yesterday, he decimated the platform’s remaining value by renaming it “X.” <\/p>\n

Musk’s obsession with the letter is well-documented, but he’s less obsessed with the details that accompany a name change this big. He tweeted<\/a> (um… x’ed?) that posts on the site will now be called “x’s,” confusing apostrophe included. As for retweets, he said<\/a> “That whole concept should be rethought.”<\/p>\n

Twitter users have other ideas, which we’ve gathered below.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u2728 eXpressions \u2728<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

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Name ’em after an Elon ex<\/h2>\n

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A tasty portmanteau<\/h2>\n

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Elon burn!<\/h2>\n

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And what about videos?<\/h2>\n

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