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
I think the mathematical symbol or expression existed before the social network :D Thanks for the heads up! :)
I can't imagine anyone not thinking this was about Twitter.
Maybe using <x> would have been better.
It's almost clickbait...
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? :)