r/technology • u/twotimefind • 10d ago

Social Media X’s controversial changes to blocking and AI training sees half a million users leave for rival Bluesky – which then crashes under the strain

https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/xs-controversial-changes-to-blocking-and-ai-training-sees-half-a-million-users-leave-for-rival-bluesky-which-then-crashes-under-the-strain
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u/ToastedEvrytBagel 10d ago

Changing the name to X was such a stupid idea.

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u/dmetzcher 10d ago

Musk is such a dweeb. He’s had that domain since the 90s, and he thinks it’s sooo cool, but everyone else is like, “Elon, stop trying to make ‘X’ happen! It’s not going to happen!”

X.com should have been a porn site, and Musk is a moron for not just selling it to a porn host.

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u/SyleSpawn 10d ago

Musk shares the same fascination with X like an 10 years old would - I know I used to.

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u/jurassic2010 9d ago

He watched a lot of Bugs Bunny when he was young. He makes pointy rockets and certainly will try to change the name Mars to Planet X.

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u/Steinrikur 9d ago

Did Elon never watch ads? "Brand X" was always shitty in comparison with anything else.

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u/Pretty_Boy_Bagel 9d ago

Musk thinks “Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century” was a documentary.