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LakesLem ,

Another example of Musk being a cunt, what a surprise

gunnm ,

This can be done with any centralized social media. You don’t know your username.

Stovetop ,

I wouldn’t say it’s limited to centralized social media. The admin of Lemmy.world could go into its database and do whatever they want to my username, too. And other instances can feel free to steal my name if I didn’t grab it first.

gunnm ,

That’s correct! The only social media I would trust is Nostr.

mtnwolf ,
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To be fair, no user “owns” their account. Everything about your Twitter account, from the user name to the data you tweet belongs to Twitter. I hesitate to call it a dick move. It’s more of an Elon move.

AnAngryAlpaca ,

The user got Elon’d

Widowmaker_Best_Girl ,

Get Musked kiddo 😎

bigkix ,

Right. Although I don’t support it, but if the logic is that they can supress stories and say you don’t have a free speech on a private platform, then they can take away your handle because technically it’s theirs.

AnalogyAddict ,

I really hope phrases like “he got Musked” and “they Musked up” become a thing.

KidsTryThisAtHome ,
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Someone wrote those terms and conditions though. So, still a dick move.

m3t00 ,
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offensive but idgaf about Tw so, did they ban the owner’s email login while at being dicks

Gyella ,

FUCK ELON MUSKy

HiddenLayer5 ,

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TrickDacy ,

Has what to do with this? …

FatherOfHoodoo ,

Imagine how amazing the PR would have been if the title had been: “User gets spectator seating for a SpaceX launch in return for lost handle”

Noodle07 ,

Instead he got a “fuck you” 🤷

Fazoo ,
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Why is this news? It is their platform. You have your handle at their discretion. Getting paid for it? Hahahaha. Riiiight. This isn’t some domain that is actually owned. You own literally nothing on social media platforms. Whoever theorized he’d be paid is moronic and a perfect example of a twit.

Maya_Weiss ,

Its their platform and their reputation. If some users don’t like what “Musk” do, then they have right to make and read news about it, regardless of de jure rights, EULA and whatnot.

PS: And yes, the owner’s account was renamed in a rather nonchalant “fuck you” way. I would never learn about this, without these news.

Fazoo ,
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I’m not insinuating it wouldn’t be bad press for them. It’s simply the reality of being on someone else’s platform. You exist on their service at their pleasure. They can shut everything down tomorrow and you are owed nothing, but that does not free them of criticism.

HelloHotel ,
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Except copyright and pattents if applicable, you cant claim a capital letter, but you can your branding (style and context behind the letter). example

Touching_Grass ,

Doesn’t it come across as unethical and wrong like an abuse of power to you?

Fazoo ,
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No, because if you don’t like it you are free to leave. The Reddit migration to Lemmy is a perfect example of that. Reddit doesn’t want third party apps and can do as they please. Object, protest, whatever, but as long as you keep logging in they don’t care and will keep moving forward.

Saying someone is abusing the power they hold as the service host, when participation is 100% voluntary, with nothing to personally gain, is rather moronic. They have no real power, only the perception of it.

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    Fazoo ,
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    And yet, it means jack all since you have 0 control over it. You can cry foul all you want, but the only thing that matters is whether or not you leave. Their power, and ability to abuse it, stems solely from that. Having a discussion of ethics when Musk is involved… Just go yell at a wall.

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    Fazoo ,
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    You can complain, but that doesn’t make it news worthy. People feel entitled to demand things of a free service. Now if you paid for it, you’d be on to something.

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    Fazoo ,
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    When talking about paying for a handle they give out, that’s where this discussion goes. No legal obligation to pay for what they already own and can repurpose. A public discussion means nothing if you’re going to just steer clear if the fact some idiots thought he’d be paid for a twit handle.

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    WarmSoda ,

    If you think Twitter is anywhere near close to being as important as civil rights you need to put the phone down and be with your family for a while.

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    WarmSoda ,

    Lol right. Because we all know ‘whites only’ businesses appear everywhere all the time.

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    WarmSoda ,

    What exactly was your analogy supposed to say?
    Do you even understand what whites only businesses represented?

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    WarmSoda ,

    Again? What? What is “again”? What personal attacks?

    I’m asking you what you meant when you brought up and compared Twitter to segregation. Because you seem to have some different meaning of whites only businesses.

    Fazoo ,
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    Then why mention whites only business as if that has any place in a discussion about social media websites? Lol

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    Fazoo ,
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    You’re supposed to say that line while looking in the mirror.

    FlyingSquid ,
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    If you’re going to make weak personal attacks, I can just block you and be done with it.

    younity ,

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    jmanes ,
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    This is a blazingly hot take but you are entirely correct, and people need to hear it. People will scream “FUCK SPEZ” while logging in to 400 different reddit tabs daily and continuing to feed a corrupt (and soon to be) corporate entity.

    I’d be more upset if this was something actually important like a government website or something people’s lives depend on, but yeah, it’s not. It’s just entertainment. Folks need to move on.

    Saneless ,

    Sure it’s wrong, but the real point is no one is surprised Musk did something to make someone feel like shit. It’s his goal

    The better move is to let the platform slip away into irrelevancy.

    TrickDacy ,

    It’s news because as the owners of information channels can do as they please, it’s shitty when they don’t even pretend to be neutral. Which is why they usually do. Not a hard thing to follow and no, thinking that a payment would be issued isn’t a sign of a “twit,” it’s just one way they could have not seemed like dicks who do as they please.

    deaf_fish ,

    If you are thinking of building a brand on twitter (or X) or have an existing brand, it is important to know that twitter (or X) are willing just take your name away from you if they feel like it without recourse.

    Of course it is always technically possible to take a user name. But most sites make it clear that they wont risk damaging brands by protecting against fake clones and allowing companies to keep their user names. That is why it is news.

    Fazoo ,
    @Fazoo@lemmy.ml avatar

    Sounds like a you problem if you’re relying on a social media service to help you build a brand. If you pay, you have legal recourse. If you’re there for free advertising, sucks to base your brand on hopes and dreams.

    deaf_fish ,

    Yes, it is your problem. That is why it should be news. So you can figure out if it is worth the risk of putting your brand on twitter.

    variants ,

    I mean you agree to that when you sign up on their service so you should know better than to build your entire identity on something you dont own. Just like you wouldnt have Lemmy be your one point of a brand on someone elses instance because you dont know if it will shut down tomorrow

    deaf_fish ,

    Yes, I agree. I don’t see how that makes the information any less important. If Lemmy or Twitter was going to shutdown tomorrow I would want to hear about it.

    Isthisreddit ,

    It’s showing a rather funny lack of tact, soft skills and PR skills. Google can take your Gmail account too, but it’s rather unheard of (say Google launches a product name “GreatDay” - it’s absolutely unheard of for Google to just grab the “GreatDay” handle from Gmail - in fact such a movie would sent terror chills up many marketing departments around the world honestly).

    I’m not going to blame you for not understanding just how ridiculous this is, but this sends all the wrong messages - i.e. could I pay Elon to grab someone else’s Twitter handle because I can make a better business claim for it? That sure is what this seems to imply

    HeavenAndHell ,
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    Musk is an overpaid idiot, but anyone has to expect not to have any real rights on any website.

    krigo666 ,

    The guy should ask for @xoriginal…

    nunya , (edited )

    I can hear his theme song now…

    X gon’ take it from ya (uh), he gon’ take it from ya X gon’ take it from ya, he gon’ take it from ya

    First we gonna rock, then we gonna roll Then we let it pop, go, let it go

    Designate6361 ,

    Technically they don’t need to nor would you. Yeah its shitty but its making a mountain out of a molehill…

    axus ,

    A typical Internet scammer would have at least pretended to offer some money before stealing the username.

    Designate6361 ,

    He ain’t pretending …

    scarabic ,

    I hate to say it because Fuck Elon, but this is just one of those things you sign away when you agree to the terms of service.

    FlyingSquid ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    True, but it’s still worth criticizing because of him being so dickish about it. He even renamed the account @x12345678998765.

    ours ,

    And he could have gone down the “Mike Row Soft” route and offered the guy some free stuff as compensation. Terms allowing them to do something doesn’t mean they have to be dicks about it.

    FlyingSquid ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    Exactly! Musk is being an asshole because he can and he likes it. Sure, he has every right to be an asshole just like Jason Aldean has the right to release a racist song. That doesn’t make them free from criticism.

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    FlyingSquid ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    Blocked.

    beta_particle ,

    Bro you’ve only got 2 comments are both of em are shit talkin’ one dude. Grow up.

    beta_particle ,

    Bro you’ve only got 2 comments are both of em are shit talkin’ one dude. Grow up.

    muelltonne ,

    It’s still really petty - Elon is one of the richest guys on earth. Take the username, but send him a Tesla. Invite him to a SpaceX launch.

    AnAngryAlpaca ,

    Well you don’t get rich by giving away 100k cars to everyone…

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    Evil_incarnate ,

    Exactly. You get rich by being a dick.

    popemichael ,
    @popemichael@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

    I doubt X has much money to spare to give to people considering how they hemorrhage money.

    TheKingBee ,
    @TheKingBee@lemmy.world avatar

    Clearly you don’t realize how much a billion dollars really is then.

    He could literally lose 99% of his wealth and still be islands buying rich.

    kava ,

    Elon is not Twitter/X. Sure, he could pump all his personal money into it and keep it afloat indefinitely and I’m sure he’s putting in personal money… but at the end of the day they’re separate entities.

    You want a business to survive on its own funding. If I were him I would try to put in as little personal money as possible. Which is why we’re seeing stuff like them getting evicted from office spaces. He doesn’t want to just burn money.

    SeaOtter ,

    Thank you for this!

    I dislike Musk as much as the next person, but most of the hate of Musk & Twitter/X fails to make the distinction that they are not the same thing. At this point, any additional capital injected into X is throwing good money after really bad money.

    jerkface ,
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    Elon is not Twitter but Twitter is Elon. It used to be a public company, but now it is his personal property. There is no difference between Elon losing a dollar and Twitter losing a dollar. If he can use his personal resources to manipulate Twitter’s market value or appeal to advertises, he can and will because anything else is leaving money on the table. They are not separate entities.

    AnAngryAlpaca ,

    From what i have read, most of his money is in the stock value of tesla. If other car makers take away teslas market share then elons wealth will soon follow, and right now he does not exactly do any of “his” companies any favours with his ego and business decisions.

    asunaspersonalasst ,
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    Can someone pro-bono the original user for a suit? inb4 this is a dumb idea

    Jackcooper ,

    This is a dumb idea

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