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How I Lost My $50,000 Twitter Username
Gizmodo.com ^
| 01/29/2014
| Naoki Hiroshima
Posted on 01/29/2014 12:17:48 PM PST by aimhigh
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Scary!
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posted on
01/29/2014 12:17:48 PM PST
by
aimhigh
To: aimhigh; GeronL; Revolting cat!
Saw an article about such theft many years ago (may have even been the late 90s or early 2000s). Courts ruled it isn’t property (no matter what financial values have been offered or transferred).
Also the fraud aspect doesn’t seem to impress the men in black dresses.
The public needs their own lobbyists. Legislators don’t work for us, apparently.
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posted on
01/29/2014 12:20:35 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
("Health care is too important to be left to the government.")
To: aimhigh
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posted on
01/29/2014 12:21:59 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: aimhigh
Someone needs to explain to us old geezers (you know...late boomer generation) exactly why the @N moniker is so valuable.
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posted on
01/29/2014 12:25:33 PM PST
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
To: aimhigh
Haha. The @N twitter account was getting hammered by replies and has deleted all of their tweets. Just checked it. They had 4 tweets. I refreshed the page and they had zero.
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posted on
01/29/2014 12:25:42 PM PST
by
thefactor
(yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
To: Cletus.D.Yokel
It’s very easy to remember and it indicates that you were there at the beginning of twitter. Some enterprising people snatched up the really good handles at the beginning and made lots of money off them.
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posted on
01/29/2014 12:27:23 PM PST
by
thefactor
(yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
To: Cletus.D.Yokel
simple words, or letters are easy to remember. great for advertising, or spreading a message.
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posted on
01/29/2014 12:28:26 PM PST
by
Theoria
(End Socialism : No more GOP and Dem candidates)
To: Cletus.D.Yokel
ab @n name???
I just figured out how to use an atm machine....
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posted on
01/29/2014 12:28:46 PM PST
by
gunnyg
("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
To: Cletus.D.Yokel
Excellent question, I’d be interested also.
I can see a popular, easy name for a website addy or email, but not so obvious for Twitter?
Do businesses do e-commerce via twitter?
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posted on
01/29/2014 12:30:25 PM PST
by
nascarnation
(I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
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To: aimhigh
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posted on
01/29/2014 12:35:46 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
To: aimhigh
‘extorted’ sounds like the wrong word: outright theft via a predatory hack is more like it. Twitter ought to be able to (a) recognize the rightful owner; and (b) restore it. Publicity like this doesn’t help them.
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posted on
01/29/2014 12:41:20 PM PST
by
alancarp
To: aimhigh
Yes its scary ,,,, just had an E-mail spam from geico ins. that I couldn't delete . Had to move a few others around then delete , never could get it marked as spam.
And I've never had an account with them . hmmmmm.
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posted on
01/29/2014 12:43:49 PM PST
by
piroque
("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act")
To: piroque
Old Uncle Warren is pretty tenacious, eh?
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posted on
01/29/2014 12:44:56 PM PST
by
nascarnation
(I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
To: thefactor
:: easy to remember and it indicates that you were there at the beginning of twitter ::
And some idiot will pay $50K for it. Maybe Obamugabe is right and opportunistic capitalism is effed up?
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posted on
01/29/2014 12:45:00 PM PST
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
To: Cletus.D.Yokel
Don’t see why you would say that . . . anyone is welcome to pay $50K for it and take the hit. That’s capitalism.
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posted on
01/29/2014 12:47:49 PM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: aimhigh
I got one thing to say to someone offering $50,000. for a screen name....Show me the money!
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posted on
01/29/2014 12:48:07 PM PST
by
Fireone
(Impeach and imprison, NOW! Treason and murder are still crimes.)
To: thefactor
Sort of like having an FR signup date of April, 1998?
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posted on
01/29/2014 12:50:29 PM PST
by
Cyber Liberty
(H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
To: aimhigh
If somebody offered 50 grand for your twitter handle the correct answer is YES. Everything that happened after then is just further mistakes.
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posted on
01/29/2014 12:53:11 PM PST
by
discostu
(I don't meme well.)
To: aimhigh
Ok, who got the other 25 letters of the alphabet?
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posted on
01/29/2014 12:56:07 PM PST
by
McGruff
(I'm a conservative. Not necessarily a republican.)
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