A bad X is better than none(en.andros.dev)

1 pointsby androsil y a 3 jours4 comments

en.andros.dev

https://en.andros.dev/blog/cdc5a0bc/a-bad-x-is-better-than-none/

4 comments

The title, while well-intentioned, could be mistaken as something about X, fka Twitter, which as a statement would get some feathers definitely riled up. (maybe that was the bait I dunno)

Perhaps A bad platform you control yourself is better than none

androsil y a 3 jours

I think the mathematical symbol or expression existed before the social network :D Thanks for the heads up! :)

abstractspoonil y a 3 jours

I can't imagine anyone not thinking this was about Twitter.

Maybe using <x> would have been better.

It's almost clickbait...

androsil y a 3 jours

The capital X is the English convention for a wildcard or variable; a social network using it in its rebranding shouldn't change the rules of the language :D. If Snapchat changes its name to "none," should the title change? :)