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Re:The Twitter Algorithm by fknorangesite on Friday March 31, 2023 @09:17PM (#35395982)
Probably exactly the most boring, mundane way you would expect: they managed to contact the owner of what was probably a dead/inactive account and then paid them some money for it.
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Re:The Twitter Algorithm by rhaway84773 on Saturday April 01, 2023 @02:34AM (#35397745)
AOC is also not a very common/popular three letter combination.
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Re:The Twitter Algorithm by foderking on Saturday April 01, 2023 @05:44AM (#35398820)
it is. "advent of code" "area of concentration"
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Re:The Twitter Algorithm by rejectfinite on Saturday April 01, 2023 @01:40PM (#35402226)
Im using 3 monitors by AOC right now.
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Re:The Twitter Algorithm by dbbk on Saturday April 01, 2023 @09:19AM (#35400097)
It's against the Twitter terms to pay money for accounts. I think more likely is that Twitter 'seized' the dead account and just granted it to her. I'm sure for instance someone had previously squatted on accounts like "VP" or "England"
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Re:The Twitter Algorithm by fknorangesite on Saturday April 01, 2023 @02:46PM (#35402873)
> It's against the Twitter terms to pay money for accounts.

Ah, I didn't know that; then it's merely the second most boring, mundane way I would expect.

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