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A comment on Twitter (X) is going to take my username sports, any ideas how I might keep it?.

Re:Twitter (X) is going to take my username sports, any idea... by Justsignedup on Thursday August 03, 2023 @06:44PM (#36993097)
You'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.

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Re:Twitter (X) is going to take my username sports, any idea... by PaulHoule on Thursday August 03, 2023 @06:50PM (#36993161)
Vote with your feet. Mason, bluesky, threads, etc. Musk has to be made an example of otherwise other people will try to imitate him.
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Re:Twitter (X) is going to take my username sports, any idea... by JohnFen on Thursday August 03, 2023 @07:09PM (#36993330)
> 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.

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Re:Twitter (X) is going to take my username sports, any idea... by Justsignedup on Friday August 04, 2023 @02:21AM (#36996109)
I have an identical suspicion.
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