SELECTstarFROMreddit@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoElon Musk and company take @x handle from its original user. He got zero dollars for it.mashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square290fedilinkarrow-up11.38Karrow-down1155
arrow-up11.23Karrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square290fedilink
minus-squareStovetop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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-squaregunnm@monero.townlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThat’s correct! The only social media I would trust is Nostr.
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.