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-square288fedilinkarrow-up11.33Karrow-down1143
arrow-up11.18Karrow-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-square288fedilink
minus-squareLinkOpensChest.wav@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down4·1 year agoTIL if anyone carries anything valuable onto my property, it entitles me to take it from them My property, my rules /s
minus-squareanteaters@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down10·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-up3arrow-down3·1 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-up6arrow-down2·1 year agoOh really? Wow, maybe if I licked more boots it would make me smarter enough to “understand” this
TIL if anyone carries anything valuable onto my property, it entitles me to take it from them
My property, my rules /s
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