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[–] Addv4@lemmy.world 28 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

AOL-Time-Warner.

[–] Gowron_Howard@lemm.ee 22 points 6 months ago

Obligatory fuck Twitter

[–] ajmaxwell@lemmy.world 21 points 6 months ago

Chiquita Brands International? Nah United Fruit Company? Bingo

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 21 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

A lot of these aren't technically dead-names. They're parent corporations that exist to shuffle around profits and minimize tax and regulatory liabilities. Facebook and Google both continue to exist as properties owned by Meta and Alphabet.

Deadnaming regions (using their indigenous names instead of colonial names)

[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 6 months ago

The only difference being Meta and Alphabet are the names of parent companies that Facebook and Google created to own themselves

[–] hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'll call it x once he sells the domain. Sell it you coward.

[–] user_name@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago

He did sell it…to himself. His AI company bought it.

[–] Jourei@lemm.ee 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I think we should call it x. Twitter was this pioneering microblogging site. X is an extremist echo chamber that was created in 2023.

[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That's why people call xitter which is comfortably close to shitter.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 months ago

Something about xitter also has this sophomoric zit acne feel. And the name is weird, too.

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Funny thing is Twitter was cesspool even before Musk got his hands on it. I was actually impressed he managed to make it significantly worse.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 months ago

twitter 2012-2015 was peak. ironically youtube 2012-2015 was peak.

basically dan and phil, grace, hannah, mamrie, and tyler oakley are the reason for the success of youtube and twitter not good and twitter.

[–] Jourei@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

It sure was, I'm willing to let that fact get buried so the contrast appears sharper, let time gild twitter.

[–] sebsch@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Is calling it Twitter is deadnaming?

Maybe we should tell this pervert of Mr Musk we call it Twitter as long he is referring to his daughter by her penis.

[–] BlackPenguins@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Companies didn't rename themselves. Rich CEOs renamed them against their will.

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 3 points 6 months ago

CEO: I am the Senate

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

Corporations are living like it's 1930.

Just change your name and the past goes away.

[–] pezhore@infosec.pub 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It will always, always be Monsanto.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 months ago

Did they change it?

[–] purplemoosen@lemm.ee 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] Cort@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That one has quite a few more steps, AT&T had to re-acquire Southern Bell>Bellsouth, Southwestern Bell, MCI, and a bunch of other subordinate companies to resurrect the reality of Ma’Bell

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Yep, iirc Cingular was the last nail to be removed from the coffin, and that happened over a decade ago.

[–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 months ago

does this mean you still call the bottle of high fructose corn syrup and caramel coloring aunt jemima

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

I thought this was about Blackwater, you know, the company that massacred unarmed civilians for shits and giggles

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Republicans? Whigs!

[–] UnhingedFridge@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Meta? More like "Meta mis juevos en tu boca!"

Edit: Directed towards zucc, of course.