X is reportedly selling inactive usernames for $50,000 — The move is the platform’s latest attempt to raise revenue::undefined
Musk claimed that “vast numbers of handles were consumed by bots/trolls” and that he was “aiming to start freeing those up next month.”
So Phony Stark is going to start taking anyone’s Twitter handle that he considers a troll and selling them.
My account might be worth $50k? Any offers here? 1/2 price fire sale here on Lemmy, only $27k!
These aren’t 3-letter dictionary word .com domains Elon. Nobody will pay that on a service that’s devaluing by the hour.
The type of people who still follow Elon Musk have proven they’re stupid enough to think this is a good idea, and the number of people who preordered a cybertruck shows that plenty of them have the money to actually do it. As stupid as this all is, I’m 100% sure Elmo Fudd will make at least some money from it.
Because this is somehow our stupid, stupid reality.
My guess is that crypto scammers are the ones more likely to buy some of the inactive handles
This guy is speedrunning enshittification.
He’s new in the social media business. Has some catching up to do
Domain names? Who needs them when you can buy a nickname on rusted platform!
Last step left is formerly-twitter selling digital hats.
He’ll really do anything except the things we all know will bring the advertisers back.
Sounds like the intention’s to force existing users/companies to continue using the platform, or he’ll sell their brand to someone else who could damage it.
Q: What’s the fastest way to make a social media company worth $20 billion?
A: Start at $55 billion and do whatever the fuck the Muskrat is doing!
It would genuinely funny to watch one of the largest, most socially relevant websites commit suicide in real time, of it wasn’t so sad
That’s seem like an accurate and fair price point for a username.
Sign me up! I’ll take 2 please.
That means I could buy elron_has_a_small_peepee now?
Sorry dude, you have to bid and I’m playing $$$
I hope nobody buys anything from X, ever again
