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Elon Musk seizes X account from guy who owned it

by ArekDymalski on 7/27/23, 5:39 PM with 24 comments

  • by wilg on 7/27/23, 6:30 PM

    This seems like one of the Elon fluff stories.

    Twitter/X offers a new handle and some swag because they’re changing their name and now want the corresponding handle. They obviously own the namespace, and handles get swapped or banned and changed and whatnot all the time. It’s always been against the TOS to sell them, I think. The only complaint seems to be what, they didn’t offer money?

    But it’s all dressed up in punchy language to get you to tut-tut Elon and click to make yourself angry and reinforce your beliefs.

  • by razodactyl on 7/27/23, 5:45 PM

    Considering the history and the era of digital identity we find ourselves in. I'm not sure this is wholly appropriate to just expect from a platform?