I can't believe I'm saying this, but... this isn't quite as bad as it looks.

although clearly they could have handled the situation better.

Agreed, but I mean has been the general theme with the new owner. Everything could have been handled better, but nothing was.

Users do not technically own their handles on X.

Another reason why the fediverse is better. We have better control over this, simply by owning our own instances. Then admins on another instance can't simply seize our usernames.

It appears the original owner hasn’t posted on X since it was called Twitter, in May 2020.

So basically they released a handle that otherwise wasn't going to be used and would have gone to waste.

It would be better if they had a general policy about these things .. but considering the owner...

as it pertains to the @X handle, the company had a good case that they should have ownership of it

Less good as the user was actively using it beforehand but the justification is also stronger in this case.

If you're still on Xitter at this point, you deserve all the bullshit you get. That place is a cesspool. You can't swim in the toilet and then pretend to be mad you're covered in shit.

This is probably the most American thing elon has ever accomplished; taking something that isn't theirs and using it to hurl feces.

I’m not interested in what a drug-addled white supremacist has to say. I’m not allowed to use edibles on my days off because it can put my job at risk but this piece-of-shit uses ketamine, acid, shrooms and cocaine and is still allowed to have expensive government contracts.

Anyone still in Twitter is a clown. It's not different from being on Truth Social.

After this, I don't know what more proof anyone could possibly need that Xitter is purely a right-wing propaganda platform exactly equivalent to the likes of Truth [sic] Social. Anyone who continues to use Xitter supports this behavior. Continued use of accounts like @POTUS or @KamalaHarris or these is effectively an endorsement of equating Donald Trump with America. It has to stop! The platform has to be fully abandoned by every single person, organization, or government entity that isn't fascist; there is no choice now.

I can't wait until Trump loses interest in Musk.

I hope it's the final push over the edge Musk needs.

What an absolute shameless piece of shit.

Ah ok so this is what the right meant when they say "Take America Back*

Stealing @America sounds about right up his alley. Just like T Daddy.

Musk is so disgusting.

What a fucking loser honestly

I was able to shorten the original 4,204-character article to this 140-character summary:

X took over @America and gave the guy @America123_12 instead. Twitter terms allow this. The tag was registered in 2010, inactive since 2020.

See you don't get it, it's totally fine for musk to take the @America tag and push Twitter for Trump. Twitter was SUPER biased before because you couldn't say the N-word whenever you want. It's not biased at all now because it's completely far right which is obviously the Correct Way to Be™ so it can't be biased.

-dipshits

Imagine a world where this shit was illegal

Sure it sucks, but it can't be a surprise anymore.

The username @X was also taken from a user. Same with @Music, who if I recall correctly, was a fan of Musk and was even subscribing to Twitter at the time. They even continued to do what @Music was doing with music recommendations, so it was barely a rebrand. It was basically just hijacking the work someone else put into establishing their social media presence.

How long before Musk/Trump merges Twitter and Truth? They're basically the same place at this point.

Honest question from a non-American.

If Trump loses, how much of a case does Harris have of going after Musk for interfering in an election?

I really don’t think Trump’s dick can go any further into Musk’s mouth

You can't beat musk on his own platform, it's long since time to use a big boy one.

"Let me tell you why I claim to support trump."

The real reasons would never be spoken aloud.

I don’t need to read @America to know why you support Trump. We all know. All of us know Elon.

Can Americans become media-literate quickly? That question could determine the election

But MAH FREEZED PEACH! The world's town square, argle bargle....

-Any given Crazy Uncle Liberty, probably.