I think I found the ideal name for Musk's Social Media Sewage Stream

[Tom Rinaldo]

Xcretement. I believe the copyright/trademark is even uncontested.

[bucolic_frolic]

1. lol

because it really is excrement. Xcrement

[Walleye]

2. How about ex-parrot

[Tom Rinaldo]

3. It can be the company spokesperson! n/t

[Walleye]

6. Just nail his feet to the perch

[Buns_of_Fire]

4. It beats "the site formerly known as Twitter" every damn time it's mentioned.

Look, editors: The people who used the site formerly known as Twitter are well aware of the change. The people who didn't use the site formerly known as Twitter couldn't care less whether it's lead by Richie Lunatic (formerly known as Elon Musk) or not.

[Joinfortmill]

5. 👍

[Red Mountain]

7. He does like a poop emoji

[Tom Rinaldo]

8. Yep. And the new logo could even rhyme with the old one n/t

[Tom Rinaldo]

9. All joking semi aside...

Man would it burn Musk if this slur actually caught on. He totally opened himself up to it. He had one of the most famous brand names in the world, but he had to put his own personal stamp on it instead.

[PatrickforB]

13. Xcrement might be a nice sobriquet.

[Mike Niendorff]

10. Personally, I'm just calling It ...

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"Xitter"

(* pronounced "shitter" )


MDN

[forgotmylogin]

17. And instead of tweets...

You have "Xcretions".

[AKwannabe]

25. Which

Is Xcrement. Right?

[Mike Niendorff]

28. Or simply:

"Xits"

(* gotta love how "X" can also be pronounced as "sh" ... it's almost like the material writes itself)


MDN

[Beastly Boy]

11. Someone on DU suggested Xitter a while ago

I like it, especially considering how it sounds in Portuguese (the X in Portuguese words is pronounced similar to the English Sh).

[SalviaBlue]

12. Perfect

I said awhile back that tweets should be called excretes.

[LisaM]

14. What's wrong with Social Media Sewage Stream?

I like that better.

[BOSSHOG]

15. Where your toilet sends your message

To Muskville. Where stupid people will examine then post reviews.

[AKwannabe]

26. ...

DUzzzzy!

[Roy Rolling]

16. Fuck Elmo

I’m calling it Twitter. He can’t take that away from users, I’ll call it what I want.

[orleans]

18. that's funny!

i'm still on it, still call it twitter, but i don't really interact with the assholes there.

[John1956PA]

19. In a July 31 thread here on DU, I referred to him as "Xcreter."

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=18135634

[calimary]

20. That's Absolutely WUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNDERFUL!

“X” becomes “Xcrement”! OR “Xcretement”!

I’ll raise a glass to either one!

[Emrys]

21. Well, that's all very clever.

I just spent several hours there getting up to speed with current developments in Ukraine that aren't being covered elsewhere.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

22. mastodon

[Emrys]

23. Nope.

It doesn't have the critical mass or cross-sections of people I need, which I've spent years identifying and keeping up with.

The contrast between how the people whose posts I was reading on Twitter were spending their time and what's going on in this thread was pretty stark when I clicked in.

I think some on DU could do with taking a look at themselves rather than pointing the finger at a platform that's still host to vastly more progressives from all around the world than DU has ever been able to muster.

[AKwannabe]

24. Greatest page

Shit right there!

[Crunchy Frog]

27. I just call it "Shitter". I figure that's how you pronounce it with an "X".