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[–] [email protected] 349 points 2 years ago (7 children)

According to Hwang, the company now formerly known as Twitter did offer "an alternative handle with the history of the @x account" so that his original account, complete with its posts and followers, could live on and continue to be used.

What short, catchy username did Musk's company change Hwang's handle to? @x12345678998765.

You can't make this shit up. God damn!

[–] [email protected] 115 points 2 years ago (3 children)

that sounds like what an idiot would have for a password.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 years ago

So you are saying one could log into @x with that...

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Quick someone check if it’s Elons password!

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nah his password would definitely include an "42069" in it.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago

Did you try xXx42069NoScopexXx?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's the same password I have on my luggage!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Who the hell downvoted an Airplane! quote?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Maybe someone who hasn't see Airplane.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I refuse to believe there are people like that. I picked the wrong day to stop sniffing glue.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 years ago (3 children)

However, Hwang tells me, he was also offered a new handle of his choice – as long as it's available. He just hasn't picked one yet.

[–] [email protected] 116 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 53 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"as long as it's available" is as good as nothing imho.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

We'll a lot of people have left

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Since his handle is being taken against his will, he should get to take someone else's handle against their will. Then let it be a chain reaction.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

That is absolutely hilarious. They should've offered him @twitter in exchange, it would only be fair...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Musk probably wanted to make it @x42069.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

All for the buzz I imagine.

Or for some hyper inflated fragile ego I guess.

Well that's my guess.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Let's be real now. That name is temporary until he chooses his new one. Read the whole article. It's rediculous enough without making things seem even worse.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

But look at that username. It definitely not randomly generated. Someone at Twitter pick that new name. They just give someone with the shortest username possible (1 character) the longest possible username (15 characters), and they do so by pressing the number row back and forth until they hit the username characters size limit. If it's not a mockery then I don't know what is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It's not mockery, it is the logical thing to do. They don't want to allocate a username a person would actually want, so naturally they pick the longest possible username, with arbitrary and meaningless contents. Would you have been happier if it was @xloremipsumdolo? @xtemporaryusern? Like what was the right thing for the technician who had to pick the name to do, in your mind?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I thought long and hard about this, and you're right. If it were me, no matter what the new username is, I'm still going to be mad. But I feel like I'll be less mad (just a little bit less) if they select a completely random username (with sensible length, like 8 characters or less), indicating it's chosen by an impartial random number generator instead of chosen by someone who in my mind is messing with me (image of Elon Musk laughing at me coming in my mind).