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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
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TIL if anyone carries anything valuable onto my property, it entitles me to take it from them

My property, my rules /s

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TIL the original user of the “@x” account owned it and brought it to Twitter who then took it from him.

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LinkOpensChest.wav@lemmy.one
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Bingo

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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.

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