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SELECTstarFROMreddit@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Elon Musk and company take @x handle from its original user. He got zero dollars for it.

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Elon Musk and company take @x handle from its original user. He got zero dollars for it.

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SELECTstarFROMreddit@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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Here's how it went down.
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    I swear to god fucking Elon Musk googled “cool website name generator” before changing it

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      I read he has a history with trying to make company X happen

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        Yeah I read, he should give up already

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      And got this:

      https://i.imgur.com/JiTUI3M.png

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      I think it’s more likely he googled “Call of Duty Username prefix generator” then shaved the duplicates XD

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