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[–] mcv@lemmy.zip 19 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Shame. A new Twitter that supports all the open protocols would have been cool. Fediverse with a name people recognise.

[–] itsjustachairmary@lemmy.world 7 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] mcv@lemmy.zip 8 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Mastodon is not called Twitter, and the vast majority of people have no idea what it is, unfortunately. A Mastodon instance called Twitter would be a great idea, although I think Mastodon doesn't support all the protocols like Friendica does. But Friendica is too unlike Twitter.

[–] jonzobot@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

I suppose that could potentially drag Mastodon's developer into a legal fight (if X were to sue them), which would be costly and a distraction.

[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Not mastodon devs but the instance owners

[–] jonzobot@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I have a feeling that Musk is gonna sue who he's gonna sue.

[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 2 points 3 hours ago

Mh yeah you are quite right i guess, he's dumb and rich