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Bluesky, a trendy rival to X, finally opens to the public::undefined

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[–] blunderworld@lemmy.ca 23 points 9 months ago (6 children)
[–] giantfloppycock@lemm.ee 45 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I feel like that’s a conversation you should have had with your parents by now.

[–] blunderworld@lemmy.ca 19 points 9 months ago

"When a failing social media platform and a billionaire narcissist love each other very much..."

[–] moistclump@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

We’re going to send X to a farm upstate.

[–] Fapper_McFapper@lemmy.world 29 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Really soft core porn. You need to get into the triple Xs to get to the good stuff.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 20 points 9 months ago

I'm glad we can rely on @Fapper_McFapper@lemmy.world for solid words of advice on this subject.

[–] andthenthreemore@startrek.website 26 points 9 months ago

X Window System (X11, or simply X) is a windowing system for bitmap displays, common on Unix-like operating systems.

[–] DunkinCoder@lemmy.world 26 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The one who's gonna give it to ya.

[–] blunderworld@lemmy.ca 9 points 9 months ago

But do they deliver to ya?

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's weird that this post called it by the short name. The full name, as you typically see in articles, is "X (formerly Twitter)".

It's kinda like "The Artist Formerly Known As Prince". A few places tried to call him "The Artist", but no one ever knew what that meant.

[–] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

"The formerly successful website known as Twitter"

[–] WhyYesZoidberg@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

A letter in the alphabet.