X, formerly Twitter, commandeers '@music' handle from user with half a million followers

[Hermit-The-Prog]

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/05/x-commandeers-music-handle-from-user-with-half-a-million-followers.html

Key Points

* Elon Musk-led X Corp. has commandeered ”@music” from a long-time user, software developer Jeremy Vaught.

*Vaught created the ”@music” account in 2007 and built a community of around half a million followers on the platform. His new handle, assigned to him by the company, is ”@musicfan.”

*X terms of service say it has the right to take back a username -- the threat of losing a handle could make it difficult for the company to convince creators to build there long-term.

[angrychair]

1. How can they take

Something they didn't create? The user creates the handle and then builds their following.
While TOS may allow it, the impact could be significant and far ranging.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

2. Musk is a "Creeper"

Don't know if it's still around, but there used to be a game called Minecraft in which there was a mobile non-player character called a Creeper. It would creep around and suddenly explode, destroying player, the player's work, everything within its blast radius.

Musk is a Creeper.

[angrychair]

4. Good analogy

Minecraft is a very big game still

[Initech]

3. I quote The Roots:

“If he can’t work to make it, he’ll rob to take it.”

So true!