X, formally known as Twitter, takes over (at)music account from userarstechnica.com 9 pointsmystcb3 years ago4 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−trelane3yIt's not exactly new that Twitter and others take over handles.https://twitter.com/jeremyvaught/status/1687537767671070737The lesson isn't that Musk is Bad (in this instance anyway) so much as your existence on a platform continues to be at that platform's discretion.−whoknowswhat113yThe subhead is "X user quits paying for Twitter Blue to protest X commandeering his account." That may not matter much to Twitter.I'd lean towards a subhead of x signals product direction while angering some users.One good thing is Twitter does move followers etc−rapnie3ySee also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37016876−rvnx3yThe end of the story is that the guy is now a big Elon Musk fan.So... nothing to do from Twitter's perspective I guess.+ The account didn't seem to be active recently anyway
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It's not exactly new that Twitter and others take over handles.
https://twitter.com/jeremyvaught/status/1687537767671070737
The lesson isn't that Musk is Bad (in this instance anyway) so much as your existence on a platform continues to be at that platform's discretion.
The subhead is "X user quits paying for Twitter Blue to protest X commandeering his account." That may not matter much to Twitter.
I'd lean towards a subhead of x signals product direction while angering some users.
One good thing is Twitter does move followers etc
See also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37016876
The end of the story is that the guy is now a big Elon Musk fan.
So... nothing to do from Twitter's perspective I guess.
+ The account didn't seem to be active recently anyway