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I do and I always will. I refuse to play along with corporate rebrands, be it Twitter, Facebook, Comcast, Charter or anything else.



Don't forget Blackwater!


Currently known as Constellis.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwater_(company)


Did Elon buy the Xe name from them or something?


I enjoyed reading your post on Startup News. ;)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_News#History


*you mean "The Facebook" ;)


I'm not that stuck in the mud.

However, naming something "X" is just stupid. (Unless it's an owl in a popular children's show.)


FYI; Comcast is a corporate rebrand of American Cable Systems


But you already are just by saying those names




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