X, formally known as Twitter, takes over (at)music account from user (arstechnica.com) 9 points by mystcb 3y ago ↗ HN
[–] whoknowswhat11 3y ago ↗ 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
[–] rvnx 3y ago ↗ 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
[–] trelane 3y ago ↗ It'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.
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[ 4.0 ms ] story [ 45.7 ms ] threadI'd lean towards a subhead of x signals product direction while angering some users.
One good thing is Twitter does move followers etc
So... nothing to do from Twitter's perspective I guess.
+ The account didn't seem to be active recently anyway
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.