Elon Musk’s X is stealing more Twitter usernames
As Twitter completes its transformation to X, the Twitter handles @music, @sports, and others have been taken from users.
Last month, when Twitter rebranded as X, it also swiped the @x Twitter handle away from San Francisco photographer Gene X Hwang, who had used it since 2007. Although Hwang had hoped the company might offer him compensation for the handle, he was instead offered a choice of another inactive username—as well as company merch and a visit to its headquarters. “They just took it essentially—kinda what I thought might happen,” Hwang told The Telegraph. “They did send an email saying it is the property of ‘X’ essentially.”And now, some other users have seen their accounts ripped away by X, as the company appears to be using them to replace some of the accounts associated with its former branding, including @twittermusic, @twittersports, @twittermovies, and @twittertv.
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