SELECTstarFROMreddit@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoElon Musk and company take @x handle from its original user. He got zero dollars for it.mashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkElon Musk and company take @x handle from its original user. He got zero dollars for it.mashable.comSELECTstarFROMreddit@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squareanteaters@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 year agoTIL the original user of the “@x” account owned it and brought it to Twitter who then took it from him.
minus-squareanteaters@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoYou 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.
minus-squareLinkOpensChest.wav@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoOh really? Wow, maybe if I licked more boots it would make me smarter enough to “understand” this
minus-squareanteaters@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoPeople 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.
TIL the original user of the “@x” account owned it and brought it to Twitter who then took it from him.
Bingo
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.
Oh really? Wow, maybe if I licked more boots it would make me smarter enough to “understand” this
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.