@SELECTstarFROMreddit@sh.itjust.workscake to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 months agoElon Musk and company take @x handle from its original user. He got zero dollars for it.mashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square147fedilinkarrow-up1654
arrow-up1654external-linkElon Musk and company take @x handle from its original user. He got zero dollars for it.mashable.com@SELECTstarFROMreddit@sh.itjust.workscake to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 months agomessage-square147fedilink
minus-square@anteaters@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-211 months agoTIL the original user of the “@x” account owned it and brought it to Twitter who then took it from him.
minus-square@anteaters@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglish3•11 months 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.wavlinkEnglish6•11 months agoOh really? Wow, maybe if I licked more boots it would make me smarter enough to “understand” this
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