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As Twitter destroys its brand by renaming itself X, Mastodon user numbers are again soaring | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

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It's not just lemmy that's benefiting from Elon Musk.

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[–] hoshikarakitaridia@sh.itjust.works 73 points 3 years ago (3 children)

They're not doing that to lose. They're doing that because they already lost.

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[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 30 points 3 years ago

I GUESS YOU'RE RIGHT, LIKE YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BE!

- Knocks phone over -

Fucking cheaters

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[–] PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 11 points 3 years ago

You're not wrong but he bought it at an extremely overpriced amount so he did already kind of lose.

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[–] festus@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 years ago

Musk 'lost' when he had to spend the $44 billion. I can totally believe that he's burning Twitter out of spite from having to buy it.

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