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Start re-posting their tweets on a halfway-popular account and see how quickly they learn about copyright.

• smackfu 13y ago
  But all they care about is the follower count. Once it hits a million, they can sell off this account to someone who wants to monetize it. I mean, they have no real attraction to "History in Pics" as a constant, or to any particular post. They just care about it as something that people seem to like to follow. If someone else rips off their content, I doubt that would have any impact at all.
  • evan_ 13y ago
    You might have a point about the "History in Pics" account, I guess you would have to be competing with a newer account and outpace its follower count- or have an "Ad free History in Pics" account that catches traction or something. Or maybe they really wouldn't care at all, I don't know.
  • adventured 13y ago
    It's against Twitter's terms to sell an account or username. Does Twitter commonly look the other way on this? Are there public examples of Twitter accounts being sold for a lot of money?
    • smackfu 13y ago
      What's a twitter account, a username + an email address? From Twitter's perspective, a sale is the same as just changing the email address.
    • pbhjpbhj 13y ago
      How about allowing someone else to post on that account, is that allowed? If not I imagine nearly all corp accounts are in breach of their rules. They don't need to "sell" it legally to create the same practical result. Seems it's pretty unenforceable for Twitter?
• steveklabnik 13y ago
  ... aren't they already a more than halfway-popular account?