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Changing its name tanked X's downloads in App Store and Play Store (daringfireball.net)
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

To give you a sports metaphor, this is like taking the ball in midfield, dribbling towards your own goal and scoring a spectacular own goal.

[–] DuckPuppet 4 points 1 year ago

Makes me think of the pic with the guy skateboarding on the rake

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Musk has been doing that non-stop since buying Twitter.