The rebranding of Twitter makes no sense. My guess is that Musk was once traumatized by a movie.
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@rchusid Although I never participated in , actually hated the name as in picturing little old ladies twittering, the bird was a much friendlier icon than a cold steal X as if The Empire headed by Palpatine just disbanded The Senate. 😳

@Huntn00 @rchusid Hey, what's your problem with little old ladies .. like me? 😀​Seriously though, the name referred to 140 character messages going back and forth – like birds tweeting

@NSBooklady2 @rchusid sorry no offense, I bet you don’t twitter. :) The verbs like twittering and cackling were sometimes applied in literature in a sexiest way, and this is one of the things I did not like about it.

@Huntn00 @rchusid What appeared in literature several generations ago is just a reminder that we've evolved a LOT since then. My great great grandmother was more in the "twittering" generation,

@NSBooklady2 @rchusid I would say my Grandmother’s gen, but I’m not arguing. 🙃 I’m 70 btw. 😐

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