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Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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542 points donohoe | 1 comments | 09 Jul 25 14:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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mihaic ◴[10 Jul 25 06:53 UTC] No.44518079[source]▶
Tangential, I still find it absurd people accept calling it X instead of Twitter. While I'd generally agree that most companies can change their name, encroaching on a basic letter should be off limits, like naming your company "The" or "God".

Still sticking with Twitter until a reasonable name is found, which by Musk is never.

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cobbaut ◴[10 Jul 25 07:48 UTC] No.44518426[source]▶
> like naming your company "The" or "God".

or naming a product "Word" or "Office" or "Windows". :)

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1. LoveMortuus ◴[10 Jul 25 08:51 UTC] No.44518810[source]▶
Microsoft naming makes sense if you imagine that the person that came up with the names was stoned, like high on weed.

"Yo dude, to use the spreadsheets you've got to like excel and stuff. ", "When you make your point it's gotta be powerful. ", "Ain't my point having a database if you can't access it. ", "A: I need a tool to write my book, it's gonna change the world. B: Word bro, word. ", "Bro, you have to connect with people to expand your outlook on life, the world and stuff. ".