Citations:birdsite

English citations of birdsite

Noun: "(Internet slang) the social networking and microblogging platform Twitter"

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• 2018, Gretchen McCullough, "Welcome to Voldemorting, the Ultimate SEO Dis", Wired, 9 October 2018:

  I'm so tired of all the bad news on birdsite.

• 2019, "Many Indians are moving to Mastodon from Twitter: Why, what is Mastodon and how it works", India Today, 4 April 2019:

  Not only they have decided to open an account on Mastodon, but they are also talking about it on Twitter and asking their followers to leave the "birdsite".

• 2022, Dell Cameron, "Twitter Could Go Bankrupt, Elon Says", Gizmodo, 10 November 2022:

  Apparently, things at the birdsite aren’t going so great.

• 2022, Stephen Shankland, "I Want to Like Mastodon. The Decentralized Network Isn't Making That Easy", CNET, 14 November 2022:

  It's a bit more familiar for people moving from "the birdsite," as Mastodon users often call Twitter.

• 2022, Evan McMurry, "'It was OUR dumpster fire': Twitter users keep tweeting amid chaotic Musk takeover", ABC News, 18 November 2022:

  In fact, the birdsite's new owner has tweeted multiple times that usage is higher than ever.

• 2022, Joseph Bernstein, "Chaos on Twitter Leads a Group of Journalists to Start an Alternative", The New York Times, 21 November 2022:

  “I am having a hard time letting go of the birdsite but I was raised by an alcoholic so I understand what a trauma bond is,” the political journalist Ana Marie Cox wrote on journa.host on Nov. 20.

• 2023, Chris Minnick & Michael McCallister, Mastodon for Dummies, page 75:

  Always remember where you are when you're posting. It's easy to fall into bad habits, especially after spending years on the birdsite, also known as Twitter.