Elon Musk took x Twitter handle from its user without compensation (mashable.com) 11 points by coolandsmartrr 2y ago ↗ HN
[–] ifgtmylstone 2y ago ↗ As is his prerogative.Though the honorable thing would've been to compensate him for it, this is not surprising coming from Musk.
[–] amilios 2y ago ↗ Is there any law or anything else binding that requires Twitter to compensate users for confiscating their handles? If not, is this really surprising? [–] tomgp 2y ago ↗ No law, but it is an incredibly dickish thing to do (quelle surprise!). Also, maybe sort this kind of thing out before announcing a rebrand? [–] dvt 2y ago ↗ Twitter has been doing this for ages though. Plenty of other examples of handles being taken from people and give to famous people. For example, if you registered @snoopdog early or whatever, these handles were routinely re-appropriated. [–] mhh__ 2y ago ↗ If you sued maybe you could argue there was some kind of implied contract? Hard to imagine it's worthwhile though.
[–] tomgp 2y ago ↗ No law, but it is an incredibly dickish thing to do (quelle surprise!). Also, maybe sort this kind of thing out before announcing a rebrand? [–] dvt 2y ago ↗ Twitter has been doing this for ages though. Plenty of other examples of handles being taken from people and give to famous people. For example, if you registered @snoopdog early or whatever, these handles were routinely re-appropriated.
[–] dvt 2y ago ↗ Twitter has been doing this for ages though. Plenty of other examples of handles being taken from people and give to famous people. For example, if you registered @snoopdog early or whatever, these handles were routinely re-appropriated.
[–] mhh__ 2y ago ↗ If you sued maybe you could argue there was some kind of implied contract? Hard to imagine it's worthwhile though.
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[ 2.7 ms ] story [ 19.2 ms ] threadThough the honorable thing would've been to compensate him for it, this is not surprising coming from Musk.