X, formerly Twitter, commandeers 'music' handle from user with half a million followers
Elon Musk-led X Corp. has commandeered "@music" from a long-time user, software developer Jeremy Vaught.
the handle "@music" from open-source software developer Jeremy Vaught, who told CNBC he created the account in 2007, and had built a community of around half a million followers there. The threat of losing a handle may make it hard for creators to trust the platform enough to build there long-term Vaught told CNBC.
It's not clear what X plans to do with the "@music" account now. On Thursday, the company posted a photo of the musician Vaught was disappointed that X would take over a handle from a user who invested 16 years into its platform with nothing but impersonal correspondence, more akin to a technical support help ticket.
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