Pup Continuous 
Ars TechnicaTwitter 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.
LadyNorris@arstechnica @x :(
Rairii@arstechnica oh look it's sussexroyal all over again
Chris Glass@arstechnica As if they have any money left to give that wasn't earmarked for the right-wing celebs.
BoneHouseWasps🔶🇬🇧🇪🇺@arstechnica @x I'd take the 't' 'w' '@' that came off the Twitter HQ, tbh.
gene x@BonehouseWasps not so far...
Phil Rees
Severin Pick@gavinkarlmeier @dennishorn Ich bekomm das nicht mehr ganz auf die Reihe, aber der Stand gestern Abend war noch "der Account ist belegt", oder? 😅 #HakenDran
russ@arstechnica @x Lol i hope he keeps the ‘temporary’ handle - nothing more memorable than x12345678998765
Minski@arstechnica That "merch" better be a damn Tesla...
Patch You Up@Minski @arstechnica
But then you'd only have a car half the year. The other half it would either be broken or at a service facility several hours away getting "fixed" for a month at a time.
But then you'd only have a car half the year. The other half it would either be broken or at a service facility several hours away getting "fixed" for a month at a time.
@Jumpmed Yeah, its not good, but probably the best any of Elon's company's has to offer right now...
Ann LiptonThis is the second time Musk stole a handle:
https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-stole-second-alt-account-twitter-1850376906
@annmlipton @arstechnica @x Both one letter handles, too...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yj1IGkH6AY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yj1IGkH6AY
Sesame Street: U/V Salesman
Oliver Schafeld👾👾 all your account are belong to X now! 👾👾
For reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fvTxv46ano
All Your Base Are Belong To Us (Original)
The video that started it all. The original video made by Bad-CRC of Newgrounds. I AM NOT STEALING ANYTHING OR TAKING ANY CREDIT FOR THIS VIDEO. I posted th...
Judgment Dave
Darwin Woodka@arstechnica @x so Musk is basically a pirate huh
patrickdallas@darwinwoodka @arstechnica @x I wouldn't say "pirate." Elmo would like that. It sounds "romantic." Common thief. Entitled troglodyte. Effing maga adolescent in over his head. But not pirate or scoundrel or anything else he'd smile at. 😊
Jaime Herazo
Nic Hagan@arstechnica not surprised. It was only a matter of time.
Jay 🆘
neuro.
Ryan2one3@arstechnica @x I'm surprised they didn't charge him.
bunnyhero+@arstechnica lol you tagged a random user on mastodon dot social
Pablo Rrrrrrr@arstechnica @x C’mon Elmo, at least give the guy a TeXla, you thief.
Digital-Tubes@arstechnica @x this says so much about Musk's managment...
bubbajet@arstechnica @x Right on brand.
AdemanI thought that was sonic the hedgehog for a second
geobeck
Peter Newland@arstechnica @x ...typical.
Skylar Caulfield 
@arstechnica @x why is x appear @mastodon.social like is this just what happens when you put an @ with nothing behind it on mastodon
brucy@arstechnica
The "but I built my brand there" crowd having a bad day.
The "but I built my brand there" crowd having a bad day.
Fae Empress
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. 
@arstechnica @x Don't really simple usernames/domains like that normally go for absurds amount of money? I wish I could say i was suprised...
Vincent Hayes🌹
@arstechnica @zacklynx What the hell, and this is why we stay away from the billionaire-owned sites
EarthOne@arstechnica @x #Musk is a major league thief. We knew this. It's how all billionaires got their blood money.
django plasmax@arstechnica Every time I think he's done the dumbest thing he can, I am proven wrong.
Alan Trapulionis@django_plasmax @arstechnica I wouldn't call him dumb, but he is riding a high of his life, and he will inevitably crash hard. I don't know how or when, but it's going to be spectacular. Nobody gets away with this shit.
@django_plasmax @arstechnica I just genuinely hope Twitter survives this.
Anders ChristensenAnd X/ex-twitter expect us to trust them with our personal economy and everything else?
Yeah, right.
James Endicott@arstechnica
This account really needs to be tagged as a bot if there isn't even a human checking to see if you are accidentally tagging unrelated people.
No, Elon did not take the account @/X@/mastodon.social but that's what your toot announced.
This account really needs to be tagged as a bot if there isn't even a human checking to see if you are accidentally tagging unrelated people.
No, Elon did not take the account @/X@/mastodon.social but that's what your toot announced.
Alex Deris@arstechnica @x They can just do that, though. Hell, I remember maybe 13 years ago when I was working at a particular company, I just emailed Twitter's support to get an account name with the company's brand name as its handle handed over to us, and they did it within like a couple of days. They forked it right over, just like that, easy-peasy.
KIZILELMALILAR Ummeti@arstechnica @x displays the end of X.com
Johananas🍍Die facettenreichste Shit Clown Show geht weiter @pallenberg – schön, dass du so konsequent bei deinem Wegzug geblieben bist. Bin froh – wohl nun for good – wieder hier zu sein.
Shhalahr"I am definitely not a legal expert and not sure what rights there are," he wrote in an email, adding that "maybe there is something there but [I] don't really wanna fight that kind of fight as I like to keep my life more simple."
Dude! As someone with chronic fatigue-inducing depression, I recognize with the desire to keep life "simple". But this is definitely the sort of thing that needs to be challenged, just for the sake of precedent.
Dayle Gibson@arstechnica @x this caused me to delete my Twitter
Kris Samsel@arstechnica @x 🤡😵💫 Elon loves throwing money away.
Canadian Crone
Jonathan"Man not paid for thing that never belonged to him" is a better title. 🤷
Kyle K 
@arstechnica @x The 'stable billionaire genius' strikes again by abusing his platform for his own benefit.
Anonmouse@arstechnica Not one [@]Xpropriation joke?
Clio Dunn@arstechnica @x
That is so bad. "Here, have some merchandise so you can advertise us. Then you can share your fond memories of us stealing your account."
That is so bad. "Here, have some merchandise so you can advertise us. Then you can share your fond memories of us stealing your account."
Evan@arstechnica @x Illegally using Twitter handles for rebrand. Lawsuit time.
Erin O'Riordan@arstechnica @x I'm not saying a guillotine would solve all of our problems, but it might solve one or two.
Kathy E. Gill 🇺🇦
AnimeDev@arstechnica incredibly shitty thing to do. Thats just how musk rolls