• Zellith@kbin.social
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    44
    ·
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    Remember when they took handle X from it’s original user Gene X Hwang, who had it for years? The renamed him to @x12345678998765.

    User names are taken as easily as they are given. They aren’t worth any price unless you have some memes to spread.

    But hey. Claim as many names as you like now. Apparently you get to charge 50k to sell them to those with more money than sense.

  • LolaCat
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    34
    ·
    1 year ago

    In December, Musk indicated that the company would start freeing the namespace of 1.5 billion accounts soon, although no public announcement of that freedom has been made. Worth noting, DemandSage indicates that as of 2023 there are only 1.3 billion Twitter accounts on the platform as a whole, with only 237.8 million of them active daily.

    Twitter set to be the first ever platform with -200 Million users!

    • LostXOR@kbin.social
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      12
      ·
      1 year ago

      Elon’s going to create 200 million accounts and sell their usernames for $50,000 each for $10 trillion profit!

  • nyan@lemmy.cafe
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    This is so obviously something Musk would do that I fail to see how it counts as newsworthy.