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can we stop saying/writing "formerly known as twitter" - please?! Also, Starlink is overcoming this without an issue.

phoe-krk 2y ago
> can we stop saying/writing "formerly known as twitter" - please?! Why? Elon Musk considers deadnaming to be acceptable, hence Twitter - as the original given name - is here to stay.
- mog_dev 2y ago
  Interesting take, I'll accept it !
peutetre 2y ago
> Also, Starlink is overcoming this without an issue. Seems like they're having issues: https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/04/starlink_performs_a_180_and/ https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/04/starlink_performs_a_1...
pezezin 2y ago
Considering how stupid of a name X is, I would say we just keep calling it Twitter and ignore Musk's derranged ideas.
- tracker1 2y ago
  I generally still call it Twitter. Even if I'm more inclined to agree with more of Musk's statements than not.
macksd 2y ago
It's a terribly unclear name, though. I had no idea what "No X in Brazil" referred to. I had to clink on the article to find out I don't care.
ceejayoz 2y ago
For now, Starlink still requires nearby ground stations. https://apnews.com/article/brazil-starlink-x-block-compliance-musk-supreme-court-moraes-d09dfe4c6fbfacf303968fe44bcd0ab1 https://apnews.com/article/brazil-starlink-x-block-complianc... > Elon Musk’s satellite-based internet service provider Starlink backtracked Tuesday and said it will comply with a Brazilian Supreme Court justice’s order to block the billionaire’s social media platform, X. > Had Starlink continued to disobey de Moraes by providing access, telecommunications regulator Anatel could eventually have seized equipment from Starlink’s 23 ground stations that ensure the quality of its internet service, Arthur Coimbra, an Anatel board member, said on a video call from his office in Brasilia.
piva00 2y ago
Starlink announced they are following the Brazilian Supreme Court decision and blocking Twitter... So they aren't overcoming anything.
Zigurd 2y ago
I think the Starlink constellation still has enough V1 satellites to need ground stations near where they are providing service a lot of the time.
rsynnott 2y ago
Absent that, it looks like someone just forgot to fill in a template; it's a _terrible_ name, perhaps the worst bit of naming from an ergonomics point of view since Google decided to create an un-google-able programming language.
vieques 2y ago
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> can we stop saying/writing "formerly known as twitter" - please?! Why? Elon Musk considers deadnaming to be acceptable, hence Twitter - as the original given name - is here to stay.

mog_dev 2y ago
Interesting take, I'll accept it !

peutetre 2y ago

> Also, Starlink is overcoming this without an issue. Seems like they're having issues: https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/04/starlink_performs_a_180_and/ https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/04/starlink_performs_a_1...

pezezin 2y ago

Considering how stupid of a name X is, I would say we just keep calling it Twitter and ignore Musk's derranged ideas.

tracker1 2y ago
I generally still call it Twitter. Even if I'm more inclined to agree with more of Musk's statements than not.

macksd 2y ago

It's a terribly unclear name, though. I had no idea what "No X in Brazil" referred to. I had to clink on the article to find out I don't care.

ceejayoz 2y ago

For now, Starlink still requires nearby ground stations. https://apnews.com/article/brazil-starlink-x-block-compliance-musk-supreme-court-moraes-d09dfe4c6fbfacf303968fe44bcd0ab1 https://apnews.com/article/brazil-starlink-x-block-complianc... > Elon Musk’s satellite-based internet service provider Starlink backtracked Tuesday and said it will comply with a Brazilian Supreme Court justice’s order to block the billionaire’s social media platform, X. > Had Starlink continued to disobey de Moraes by providing access, telecommunications regulator Anatel could eventually have seized equipment from Starlink’s 23 ground stations that ensure the quality of its internet service, Arthur Coimbra, an Anatel board member, said on a video call from his office in Brasilia.

piva00 2y ago

Starlink announced they are following the Brazilian Supreme Court decision and blocking Twitter... So they aren't overcoming anything.

Zigurd 2y ago

I think the Starlink constellation still has enough V1 satellites to need ground stations near where they are providing service a lot of the time.

rsynnott 2y ago

Absent that, it looks like someone just forgot to fill in a template; it's a _terrible_ name, perhaps the worst bit of naming from an ergonomics point of view since Google decided to create an un-google-able programming language.

vieques 2y ago

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