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Elon Musk and company take @x handle from its original user. He got zero dollars for it. (mashable.com)
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[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bingo

[–] anteaters@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago

Oh really? Wow, maybe if I licked more boots it would make me smarter enough to "understand" this