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minus-squareErika2rsislinkfedilinkEnglish333•1 year agoCurse English idioms, I literally thought they were rebranding to Mud.
minus-square@OmgarmlinkEnglish65•1 year agoIt’s because of the capitalization. If the title was “SanDisk’s name is now mud” this wouldn’t happen.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoI mean I get what you’re saying, but a title is always capitalized, no?
minus-square@OmgarmlinkEnglish2•1 year agoIt wasn’t always like that. A shift happened on the internet like 10 years ago I believe.
minus-squareProvoked GamerlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoI thought so too. I always capitalized my post titles on the old site until someone said I’m a dumbass for doing that and that it’s annoying. 🤷♂️
minus-squareErika2rsislinkfedilinkEnglish16•1 year agoI guess I was thinking that if Gwyneth Paltrow could found a company called Goop that anything goes these days.
minus-square@CanniBallistic_PuppylinkEnglish12•1 year agoI’m pretty sure that was the author’s intention.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-21 year agoProbably very deliberate, in the wake of Twitter’s disastrous rebranding. find fringe idiom capitalise all words and… send There. Easy clickbait.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoI think you’re giving them way too much credit lol
minus-squareTheSpookiestUserlinkEnglish31•1 year agoWouldn’t be the weirdest rebrand recently, honestly
minus-squareZorquelinkfedilink10•1 year agoGood thing it explains it in the second line of the article.
minus-squareqazlinkEnglish4•1 year agoI thought they were pulling a Facebook and rebranded themselves to avoid the bad press.
Curse English idioms, I literally thought they were rebranding to Mud.
I mean, after X it looks downright sensible.
It’s a more down to earth name at least.
sigh
It’s because of the capitalization. If the title was “SanDisk’s name is now mud” this wouldn’t happen.
I mean I get what you’re saying, but a title is always capitalized, no?
It wasn’t always like that. A shift happened on the internet like 10 years ago I believe.
I thought so too. I always capitalized my post titles on the old site until someone said I’m a dumbass for doing that and that it’s annoying. 🤷♂️
I was also very, very confused at first.
I guess I was thinking that if Gwyneth Paltrow could found a company called Goop that anything goes these days.
I’m pretty sure that was the author’s intention.
Probably very deliberate, in the wake of Twitter’s disastrous rebranding.
There. Easy clickbait.
I think you’re giving them way too much credit lol
Wouldn’t be the weirdest rebrand recently, honestly
Good thing it explains it in the second line of the article.
Me too
I thought they were pulling a Facebook and rebranded themselves to avoid the bad press.
Wait…. They’re not doing that? What?