Platform X (formerly Twitter) is looking to launch a service to sell old accous; A topic that Elon Musk had previously meioned in a way.
Since being owned by Elon Musk, Twitter, the famous face of the world of technology, has had various side effects that did not please the taste of its old users; The renaming of Twitter to X and the monetization of Twitter are just some of the more rece examples. Now Forbes has published a report that tells about another ieresting action by Twitter or X now. According to this report, this platform is trying to sell unused handles or usernames to other users for tens of thousands of dollars.
Twitter app for selling old accous
According to emails se to some people, Twitter plans to sell inactive usernames that have not been used for a long time to applicas. The suggested price of this platform to poteial buyers was 50 thousand dollars. It seems that a certain team at Twitter is looking to turn this io a monetization program for the social network.
Of course, Elon Musk had previously meioned such a program to generate income by announcing that they would soon release 1.5 billion usernames. After Twitter’s name was changed to X and Musk handed over his manageme position to Linda Yacarino, the cleaning of old inactive accous became key, so that now we can practically see the offer of selling these accous to poteial buyers at a huge price.
It is ieresting to know that in the X rules and regulations section, it is not possible to release inactive usernames at this time. However, in the description of these types of usernames, users are warned to log back io their accou at most every 30 days in order to avoid their accou being considered inactive.
Forbes says that even Elon Musk himself is considering buying the @handle username, which hasn’t published a tweet since 2019, through this new Twitter service.
It remains to be seen how Twitter’s new monetization program will turn out. Although the provision of such a service by Twitter is welcomed by many users, it is necessary to pay atteion to its other side, which is the importance of respecting the rights of users; Of course, this does not apply to bots or troll accous that occupy many usernames. Finally, what do you Gadget News users think about this?
