• anteaters@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    Yeah why would they pay the “owner”? It’s their platform they do whatever they want. What a dumb thing to complain about.

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        1 year ago

        TIL the original user of the “@x” account owned it and brought it to Twitter who then took it from him.

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            1 year ago

            You might be surprised to learn that you do in fact not “own” your Twitter handle and Twitter is not required to buy it off of you if they want it.

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                People believing I’m licking Musk boots because I don’t think they owe a user money for taking his account is just the funniest thing. Maybe go outside and touch some grass before posting. But wipe away that foam at your mouth before you do.

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      No one is owed anything, but not compensating the original owner further erodes what little trust was left in the company. You wouldn’t want to spend resources building a brand on a platform where your name can suddenly get snatched away at some billionaire’s whim.

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        1 year ago

        Absolutely true. But apparently the headlines for this event are all “he got no money for it!”

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        1 year ago

        Contrary to Twitter banking is regulated and governed by actual laws. It’s a completely different beast. Go ahead and google who the owner of the money in your account is and how that is regulated.

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        1 year ago

        Yeah they even offered him some bullshit as compensation that they were not required to. Don’t expect decency from a huge company like Twitter.

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      the main problem with this is that with them doing it without asking or time to prepare all the people the guy knew where lost or have a problem finding him.
      And the huy was seemingly not even a nobody but instead had a company so even more company contacts could get lost or customers wanting to directly reach out to him could sent private data to a 3 party (twitter) about confidential informations.

      Secondly it says that the company can and will take over accounts when they have some reason, even if it is only the name.
      That means the trust in the handle gets completly broken because it could be a twitter account in just a few seconds without warning.
      So they have the power to take over an official governement or news account without warning and only leaving a reason. This is theoretical but if there is a news station with a handle like “xnews” i can really expect that it gets taken over in some time in the future.

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        1 year ago

        I agree with all of this. I just think it’s idiotic to complain that they didn’t pay him. Twitter handles are not “owned” by the user and the platform can and will do with them whatever they like at any time.