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Twitter (X) is going to take my username @sports, any ideas how I might keep it?
I’ve been a user for 16 years, since their first day of public signups. I login every day and use twitter for hours every day. I tweet more than is shown on my account (I delete tweets often).
Here’s the message they sent me:
“Hello,
The user handle associated with
account @Sports will be affiliated
with X Corp. Accordingly, your
user handle will be changed to a
new user handle.
However, we appreciate your
loyalty and want to minimize any
inconvenience this may cause. At
this time we will be changing this
handle to @sportz. We have listed
additional handles that you can
choose from below. Just respond
to this message and we can assist
you in making the change.
All data
associated with your prior user
handle, including followers and
following data, will be transferred
to your new user handle.
@allsports
@sportsfan
(@sportslife
Please reply to this email if you
have any questions.
Best regards,
X”
- Justsignedup 3y agoYou're fucked. They have the ability to size it as it's not a domain or anything. So they have the legal ability to tell you to eff off. You can try to go to court and maybe get a settlement, but talk to a lawyer first.
- PaulHoule 3y agoVote with your feet. Mason, bluesky, threads, etc. Musk has to be made an example of otherwise other people will try to imitate him.
- JohnFen 3y ago> You can try to go to court and maybe get a settlement, but talk to a lawyer first. I rather suspect any lawyer will say "you're fucked". But it never hurts to ask.
- Justsignedup 3y agoI have an identical suspicion.
- gwbrooks 3y agoIt's not your username; it was always theirs.
- 3000 3y agoit sucks, it really does, but why is it so hard for people to understand this?
- throw2291 3y ago[dead]
- smoldesu 3y ago> we appreciate your loyalty They're showing you right where to hit 'em.
- OhMeadhbh 3y agoI honestly don't think they care. The OP's already done what they want, which is to make a stink. We all do what Musk wants by talking about him when we really should just be ignoring him.
- smoldesu 3y agoIt was a dead-end situation as soon as OP agreed to limited liability in the Twitter TOS - sure. If you want to cause damage though, their insecurities are plain as day; they need user retention. That's why they reach out to butter-up long time users with new account offers and bespoke transitional options. This is your one chance to tell a human at Twitter you're done. That because of this situation you've been put in, you're going to abandon the platform entirely. Take it or leave it.
- OhMeadhbh 3y agoSure. It certainly won't help X. Maybe it will cause them to think. I think they're so far in their own world they won't notice it's all burnt down until MUCH later.
- cornercasechase 3y agoQuit, tell your friends to quit, then spend time raising awareness around all/any of Musks many fraudulent statements and corrupt actions. Especially wrt TSLA.
- superchroma 3y agoMake a big fuss about how unfair this is, contact news sites, get a trending 'post' and then leave. The only thing you can do now is add another dent and scuff in Elon's once perfect image, as opposed to going quietly. Maybe with enough damage, people will see him for the monster he is.
- __warlord__ 3y agoLeave twitter.
- version_five 3y agoAs someone else said, the best you can do is try and get some media attention and generate some bad press. It probably sounds more rewarding than it will be though. Of note is how lame their offer is. Like because they "appreciate your loyalty" they'll give you some shitty adjacent handle that nobody had claimed. Realistically just tell them to fuck off, that they should be personally disgusted with themselves, and leave.
- OhMeadhbh 3y agoI'm sure I'll be downvoted for saying this, but I sort of feel Elon Musk thrives on bad press. Someone told him one day that there's no such thing as bad press and he really took it to hart.
- version_five 3y agoIt can still affect advertising, morale, paid subscriptions, etc.
- OhMeadhbh 3y agoI mean. It's not really yours, is it?
- ryan29 3y agoThis is the reason we need domains as handles to become the expectation. I don't want an ephemeral handle that Twitter, etc. own. I want a permanent domain that I own. And I know domains aren't technically permanent, but they're far less risk than ephemeral handles because you actually have some rights as a registrant.
- JohnFen 3y ago> And I know domains aren't technically permanent I agree. They're not technically permanent, but my primary domain name is one that I've had for over 30 years now (even surviving two instances of me forgetting to renew it), and the youngest of my other ones is 10 years old. They aren't technically permanent, but they're more persistent than a lot of things people uncontroversially think of as permanent.
- yuppie_scum 3y agoThey just really love hat Huey Lewis album.
- dudul 3y agoIn surprised @sportz is available. They're probably taking this too from someone to give it to you :) Anyway, as others pointed out, you can't do anything. Just tweet about it, make a fuss, and stop using Twitter.
- zimpenfish 3y ago@sportz and @sportsfan both seem to already exist. Which makes the offering of them as alternatives even worse...