Comment on Elon Musk and company take @x handle from its original user. He got zero dollars for it.
hoodatninja@kbin.social 11 months agoIt’s their platform they do whatever they want.
Yes.
What a dumb thing to complain about.
I mean if I had a social media account just taken from me without warning or recourse I'd at the very least be irritated. How about you give me your account password and just let me take over? You can just go make a new one.
anteaters@feddit.de 11 months ago
The “dumb thing” to complain about is that they did not pay him any money. It’s a dick move that they took it but I don’t get why anyone would think they would buy it off the “owner”. He was offered some gestures and apparently expected them to want or take it.
hoodatninja@kbin.social 11 months ago
They'd pay a celebrity for it. Why should we be any different?
Yes that's literally what everyone is saying. We aren't asserting "rights" on twitter or something.
anteaters@feddit.de 11 months ago
Because a celebrity has clout to make a big stink of it. The headline isn’t only “Mean twitter took account from user!” but contains “He got zero dollars for it.” as if he was entitled to that in any way.
I believe that too, but look at the replies - there are people who literally believe they own their account or compare it to personal property or their bank accounts.
hoodatninja@kbin.social 11 months ago
We must be in different threads because I'm not seeing that. Unless you want to stretch that one comment about identity theft a fair bit.