Elon Musk’s new business: selling old Twitter accounts at a bargain price

Platform X (formerly Twitter) is looking to launch a service to sell old accounts; A topic that Elon Musk had previously mentioned 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 recent examples. Now Forbes has published a report that tells about another interesting 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 accounts

According to emails sent to some people, Twitter plans to sell inactive usernames that have not been used for a long time to applicants. The suggested price of this platform to potential buyers was 50 thousand dollars. It seems that a certain team at Twitter is looking to turn this into a monetization program for the social network.

Of course, Elon Musk had previously mentioned 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 management position to Linda Yacarino, the cleaning of old inactive accounts became key, so that now we can practically see the offer of selling these accounts to potential buyers at a huge price.

It is interesting 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 into their account at most every 30 days in order to avoid their account 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 attention to its other side, which is the importance of respecting the rights of users; Of course, this does not apply to bots or troll accounts that occupy many usernames. Finally, what do you Gadget News users think about this?