How I Lost My $50,000 Twitter Username

Re:How I Lost My $50,000 Twitter Username by yashg on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @02:38AM (#7142536)

I understand it was a sarcasm, but there's one difference between the two. A Twitter handle or a domain name is something unique as opposed to a game console of which there were millions of copies.

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Re:How I Lost My $50,000 Twitter Username by dkersten on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @05:47AM (#7143123)

So if I have a unique object that I don't use or look at or whatever one does with unique objects (say, a piece of art or something), I'm a squatter and its perfectly ok for someone to take it away from me?

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Re:How I Lost My $50,000 Twitter Username by jrs99 on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @03:42AM (#7142754)

Too bad then for the company named "N." They'll have to go with N_company or N_inc or N_co or get really creative if those are taken. There's probably only like 500 names they can choose from relating to "N."

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Re:How I Lost My $50,000 Twitter Username by Houshalter on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @04:10AM (#7142835)

If the username was worthless, no one would have stolen it in the first place or offered $50,000 for it.

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Re:How I Lost My $50,000 Twitter Username by aragot on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @03:38AM (#7142738)

... and it still involves the right of selling the account at the price he wants, even if he's squatting.

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