SELECTstarFROMreddit@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoElon Musk and company take @x handle from its original user. He got zero dollars for it.mashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square290fedilinkarrow-up11.34Karrow-down1145
arrow-up11.2Karrow-down1external-linkElon Musk and company take @x handle from its original user. He got zero dollars for it.mashable.comSELECTstarFROMreddit@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square290fedilink
minus-squaregunnmlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down2·2 years agoThis can be done with any centralized social media. You don’t know your username.
minus-squareStovetop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI wouldn’t say it’s limited to centralized social media. The admin of Lemmy.world could go into its database and do whatever they want to my username, too. And other instances can feel free to steal my name if I didn’t grab it first.
minus-squaregunnmlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoThat’s correct! The only social media I would trust is Nostr.
This can be done with any centralized social media. You don’t know your username.
I wouldn’t say it’s limited to centralized social media. The admin of Lemmy.world could go into its database and do whatever they want to my username, too. And other instances can feel free to steal my name if I didn’t grab it first.
That’s correct! The only social media I would trust is Nostr.