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X user “super pissed” that Musk ordered takeover of his @music account (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/technology

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My favorite part:

But while his reaction the day after learning that X was commandeering his handle was extreme frustration, Vaught told Ars that the platform will remain his primary form of social media.

"it's highly annoying, but Twitter is still my preferred social media," Vaught said. "That's how I communicate and learn my news about what's going on. Nothing else compares."

His only "minor protest" to X's action, he said, was to cancel his Twitter Blue subscription.

Vaught is mostly a Musk fan, as he's interested in Musk's electric cars and space developments. He said that this experience with X hasn't tainted his opinion of Musk or his relationship too much with X as a platform. He's holding out hope that Musk has a long-term plan for where Musk is taking X, but like many users, he's struggling to adjust to the rebranding.

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[–] Devccoon 117 points 1 year ago (9 children)

It's like the CEO of Reddit editing users' comments. Once you've opened this can of worms, you can't exactly close it again.

Outside of expected circumstances like long-term inactivity or having snuck an inappropriate username past automatic censors, being forced to forfeit your handle is simply unspeakable on social media platforms. Your identity can be straight-up stolen, or altered, without forewarning, for any reason, and you have no recourse at all. And the guy deciding who gets screwed over like this is a rich, entitled right-wing monster who blatantly hurts others if he~~ thinks it might align with his politics somehow~~ wakes up on the wrong side of the bed and you're today's punching bag, frankly.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Idk why he couldn't have just created a new @ equivalent for his X accounts or whatever he's doing. A $ sign would work, or a +, -, *, !, anything really. If he's trying to make these be the "official" accounts then they don't need to use the same @ symbol.

[–] whatsarefoogee 26 points 1 year ago

Because he wants to be the original, damn it!

"But mom, I want to be a Tesla founder!"

"You weren't there when Tesla was founded"

"I want it anyway, waaaah!".

He has the emotional maturity of a spoiled child. Once you see it, everything he does makes 10x more sense.

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