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New Twitter launches, says Musk's X gave up the name (arstechnica.com)
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[–] crakila@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Oh lol. It must have been because their firebase tokens were exposed and people were able to get around the waitlist/payment and sign up for an account.

Take a look: https://x.com/Patrosi73/status/2093079851393524087 (I would link to Xcancel/Nitter... but space karen decided to wig out)