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Owner of @x Twitter handle says no one reached out ahead of Twitter's rebranding to 'X'

techcrunch.com Owner of @x Twitter handle says no one reached out ahead of Twitter's rebranding to 'X' | TechCrunch

Beyond the missteps with the rebranding, others are pointing out that Musk's move to rename Twitter "X" may involve a financial hit to the brand's value.

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Owner of @x Twitter handle says no one reached out ahead of Twitter’s rebranding to ‘X’

techcrunch.com /2023/07/25/owner-of-x-twitter-handle-says-no-one-reached-out-ahead-of-twitters-rebranding-to-x/

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Oops I destroyed the most media integrated free speech tool in the world. Darn I was really trying to make more money too.
- Maybe destroying it was the point, wasn't he financed by people who would have an interest in suppression of free opinion sharing?
  
  Yep. From the start. His goal is to make twitter suck more and more.

@stopthatgirl7 While it sounds funny, until you realize, its also scary how rich people can just purchase and destroy any platform.
- They can't exactly buy lemmy or mastadon, since it's hosted by the community...
  
  @ifailedturingtest The kbin, Lemmy, Mastodon projects could be purchased, the maintainer payed to work for the companies, the community hosted servers can still be buyed out. I know this is not likely to happen. But saying it's not possible is not correct. Money is a hell of a drug.

Well, that didn't take long, the @x handle is now an official X-Twitter account!
- @lvl, I hope they didn't just seize the account.
  
  I would be very surprised if they didn't

for further information:
https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/25/twitter-changes-its-official-handle-to-x/

He doesn’t “own” anything.

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