The desire for premium usernames isn't unique to Twitter, there was a good Reply All episode that dived deeper in the motivations of people who will pay for tho

The desire for premium usernames isn't unique to Twitter, there was a good Reply All episode that dived deeper in the motivations of people who will pay for those accounts: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/v4he6k https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/v4he6k Also most accounts don't belong to famous people so I think you overestimate the willingness of Twitter to devote resources to do anything for most hacked accounts.