"Just Ripped It": Twitter User Says Elon Musk Took Control Of His Account
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Mr Vaught was also informed by the Elon Musk-led social media company that he could alternatively switch to the account @musicfan or select another username from @musicmusic, @music123, or @musiclover.
Recently, billionaire Elon Musk renamed the social media platform Twitter to X and unveiled a new logo- a stylized black-and-white version of the letter. Twitter also changed its official handle to @X as part of the ongoing rebranding, while the original @Twitter handle is now inactive. However, it was reported that Mr Musk took over the @X account without paying its original owner. In a similar case, a user has stated that the same happened to him as the social media company suddenly took the account handle from him and offered a new handle in return. 16 years ago, I created @music and have been running it ever since. Just now, Twitter / X just ripped it away.Super pissed pic.twitter.com/ctacWKY9js
On August 4, Jeremy Vaught took to Twitter and said that he had been running the handle @Music for the past 16 years. However, the microblogging site took control of it and "just ripped it away". "16 years ago, I created @music and have been running it ever since. Just now, Twitter / X just ripped it away. Super pissed," he wrote in the caption.
He also attached a screenshot of the email he received from the company. The email reads, "The user handle associated with account @Music will be affiliated with X Corp. Accordingly, your user handle will be changed to a new user handle."
