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Took someone’s identity on the platform, even worse because they have established it for 16 years. Taking it because they rebranded to X on a whim is silly.
by fsociety 3y ago
Took someone’s identity on the platform, even worse because they have established it for 16 years. Taking it because they rebranded to X on a whim is silly.
- tekla 3y agoHow is that unethical?
- metaltyphoon 3y agoWow, I can’t believe you can’t see what is unethical about it.
- tekla 3y agoAs it turns out a minor insult is actually not an argument for why something is unethical
- notaustinpowers 3y agoIt's like if I took your email account you've used since 2007 because I changed my name to yours because I liked it better. Yeah, he's the owner of the company, legally he can do it. Doesn't make it any less unethical and poor taste.
- AnimalMuppet 3y agoBecause it's breaking at least an implicit promise - that your account is under your control.
- tekla 3y agoThe TOS doesn't say anything about that https://twitter.com/en/tos https://twitter.com/en/tos > We may suspend or terminate your account or cease providing you with all or part of the Services at any time for any or no reason
- AnimalMuppet 3y agoImplicit promise. I know the TOS doesn't promise it - it never does, anywhere. Still, there's an expectation that the account is yours, not a plaything for the owner's whims. And there's an expectation that "for any or no reason" means something more than no reason. And, yeah, "a verbal promise is worth the paper it's written on" (that is, none). And this wasn't even a verbal promise. Still, I maintain that the expectation really exists, and that companies like exTwitter are perfectly well aware that it exists. That's why doing this is a jerk move.