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[–] theKalash@feddit.ch 98 points 2 years ago (1 children)

tweets were on twitter.

On X it's called x-crements.

[–] giant_smeeg@feddit.uk 25 points 2 years ago

X-eets and x-itter.

Use the Chinese pronunciation

[–] AndreyAsimow@lemmy.world 80 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Somebody tell him to use Mastodon

[–] Liska@feddit.de 97 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Actually, the German government was one of the first public entities adopting Mastodon as a secondary communication channel when shit hit the fan with regard to Musk and Twitter:

Here is their official Mastodon account!

[–] Microw@lemm.ee 28 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But that's the account of the Federal Government. The Kanzler himself still has his official account on X and has none on Mastodon.

[–] Liska@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago

Yeah, that's unfortunately correct - hopefully their instance / server gets broader adoption by cabinet members in the future, but for the moment I consider it a good start...

[–] AndreyAsimow@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

That's really cool 😎 ! today I learned something new

[–] Send_me_nude_girls@feddit.de 50 points 2 years ago

Smart. Smarter would be not using X, but a lot of people still use X.

[–] mysoulishome@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

I was researching a fire the other day for work, just wanted to verify basic facts. Local FD posted incidents on Twitter. Nope. Couldn’t manage to view it. That’s bullshit. They absolutely should not use it for that reason and to boot helping a megalomaniac make money.

[–] Anders429@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

Why not just post on his website directly

[–] bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

He probably scans his faxes as well

[–] sab@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm sure the Germans in the thread are scratching their heads at this comment wondering what's wrong with scanning faxes.

[–] Durotar@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Right. Why write something so obvious? "Oh, he probably breathes air as well." Look, I can do that too.

[–] Little8Lost@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago

and print it out later for the archive

[–] r00ty@kbin.life 9 points 2 years ago

It is a closed system. I tried to look at a company's news the other day, they post it on twitter/X/musk-vanity-project.com. If you're not logged in, you cannot (as far as I can work out) get tweets in chronological order any more. They DO have tweets made in the last few months. But I'm seeing 2019/2020 for pages and pages.

If you're not a user, that site is entirely useless now. Better to just wait for businesses to realise this and GTFO to a proper website. Not this Mickey Mouse toy of Musk's.

[–] LilDestructiveSheep@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Imagine getting paid to do that.

[–] lord_lelek@feddit.de 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Rayspekt@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You wouldn't print a tweet.

[–] unreachable@lemmy.my.id 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"you wouldn't download oil/gas"

[–] BobbyBandwidth@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

You wouldn’t photocopy a fern (it would likely damage its delicate fronds)

[–] lord_lelek@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

Jan Böhmermann, how dare you?