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Twitter took Gene X Hwang's username and only offered him “some merch.”

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[–] AToM_exe@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (4 children)

That's an exremly shitty thing to do. I don't know how anyone can still be behind this company..

[–] nottheengineer@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If I owned it, I'd definitely be behind it.

[–] thingsiplay@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@nottheengineer I don't own it, and am still behind it.

[–] Anomandaris@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] thingsiplay@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Anomandaris@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

C'mon bro, it's 2023, if I have to tell you that sarcasm is difficult to determine through text then that's your fault, not mine.

[–] thingsiplay@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (5 children)

@Anomandaris No. Its your fault not mine. It's apparent from the context I replied to. Think before you reply.

[–] grte@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Your sarcasm was not well done. Do better next time.

[–] BlackPenguins@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If you don't put an /s at the end, SpongeBob case it, or stretch syllables in words it's not sarcasm. Learn to Internet.

[–] BitterSweet@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Context didn’t help you, I also presumed you supported X. Just use tone indicators to avoid any confusion. it’s two characters for “/s”. Little cringe todo initially but it helps ppl and avoids confusion.

[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately, no. If you were relying on it’s absurdity to make it look like sarcasm, you were unfortunately indistinguishable from a Musk fanboi

[–] wanderingmagus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The ratio says otherwise.

[–] Polar@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

While I agree, no one should be behind this shit company, it's quite a standard thing to do.

Literally every social media platform has the ability to reset a users username so they can free it up. It happens all the time.

Are you famous enough? Cool, contact any company about taking over the username "Jake" and they'll give you it. Doesn't matter that the other dudes name is Jake. Doesn't matter they had it first. Doesn't matter that it isn't a trademarked name.

[–] Art3sian@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It didn’t work for Beyoncé. She tried to take the brand, Blu Ivy off an Australian company so her daughter could have it. Australia said get fucked.

An American wedding planner also had the name, and America told Beyoncé to get fucked too.

[–] xc2215x@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

It is but that is who Musk is.

[–] GunnarRunnar@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not really that shitty in context with Musk's everyday doings. I'm honestly not surprised at all.

If this was the worst of him, I'd be able to handle it (even though it indeed is a shitty thing to do and devalues Twitter handles [which is imo actually a good thing]).

[–] azdood85@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Musk's everyday doings

Speaking of his everyday doings. Has anyone investigated all those underage illegal migrant children he has in his bathroom shower? Or was that just a rumor started on "the app formerly known as twitter"?