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Ars Technica Jul 26, 2023

Twitter took @x handle from longtime user and only offered him “some merch”

Gene Hwang wasn't paid for @x handle that Twitter now uses on official account.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/twitter-took-x-handle-from-longtime-user-and-only-offered-him-some-merch/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Twitter commandeers @X username from man who had it since 2007

Twitter took Gene X Hwang's username and only offered him "some merch."

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ThatKomputerKat

@arstechnica @x I thought that guy was being naive when he appeared to think Elon would offer to pay him for it.

Also, maybe try to not accidentally ping other users in your posts causing endless reply notifications for them. In this case it’s probably no big deal since @x would appear to have not really been used at all since its 2016 registration.