Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter has left the unique creator of the @music deal with excessive and dry. Right here’s the newest.
The Twitter rebrand to X now has Elon Musk combing by way of registered handles to pick his favorites, like a toddler reclaiming toys handed out. First to be reclaimed was @x, with the unique proprietor receiving no warning and no compensation. Now Musk has carried out it once more, this time with the @music deal with.
The unique proprietor of the @music deal with on Twitter was Jeremy Vaught, who says he snagged the deal with greater than 16 years in the past. “I’ve been operating it ever since. Simply now, Twitter / X ripped it away. Tremendous pissed,” Vaught shared on Twitter with a screenshot of the e-mail he acquired in regards to the takeover of his deal with.
“The person deal with related to account @music will likely be affiliated with X Corp,” the e-mail begins. “Accordingly, your person deal with will likely be modified to a brand new person deal with. Nevertheless, we respect your loyalty and wish to reduce any inconvenience this may occasionally trigger. At the moment we will likely be altering this deal with to @musicfan.”
“We have now listed extra handles you can select from beneath. Simply reply to this message and we will help you in making the change. All information related along with your prior person deal with, together with followers and following information, will likely be transferred to your new music deal with.”
- @musicmusic
- @music123
- @musiclover
“Please reply if in case you have any questions. Greatest regards, X,” the e-mail concludes. Whereas it’s unclear what Musk plans on doing with the @music deal with at this level, it’s fairly secure to invest he could also be trying to emulate TikTok. Turning the @music deal with on Twitter/X into one thing that fosters the invention of music by way of a Discovery Feed can be one instance.
Now that Musk goes down the listing and reclaiming handles that he desires to be affiliated with X Corp, is anybody’s Twitter deal with secure? In the event you registered @video games or @gaming would the identical factor occur? It’s unclear at this level and a bit worrying for anybody attempting to construct a model on what was once a reliable social media website.