Re:X Is Reportedly Selling Inactive Usernames for $50k
by ThePinion on Sunday November 05, 2023 @09:26PM
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Trump tweeted August 24.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/16948868460507713...
Re:X Is Reportedly Selling Inactive Usernames for $50k
by ksaj on Sunday November 05, 2023 @09:41PM
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Ah, so he did. It's still outside the 30 day limit. Just not as far outside as I originally thought.
Re:X Is Reportedly Selling Inactive Usernames for $50k
by GuB-42 on Sunday November 05, 2023 @09:57PM
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You don't have to tweet to keep your account active, just log in.
Re:X Is Reportedly Selling Inactive Usernames for $50k
by ksaj on Monday November 06, 2023 @08:18PM
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I log in every time I get an email saying I got a DM from someone I actually know, generally from the two people I know who keep complaining about X, but haven't gone somewhere federated where I'm far more accessible.
As long as they keep finding things to tell me in "private" I have a good reminder process for logging in often enough to keep my account from being sold by the X protection racket for $50k.
Re:X Is Reportedly Selling Inactive Usernames for $50k
by Grimblewald on Sunday November 05, 2023 @09:37PM
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trusting anything on twitter post elon is like trusting 4chan content.
Re:X Is Reportedly Selling Inactive Usernames for $50k
by YetAnotherNick on Sunday November 05, 2023 @09:57PM
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Why not? Donald trump account could be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars if not millions. In any case inactivity depends on logging in every 30 days, so trump could ask one of the secretary to log in every 30 days.
This will have interesting consequences if, for example a reporter who no longer uses X, gets their username sold. The person who buys it of course will appear authenticated, and then the fraudulent news begins.
This is literally facilitating impersonation. I don't see how anyone could consider it ethical, and surely there are legal ramifications.