Twitter commandeers @music handle from user with half a million followers – NBC News

Social network Twitter, recently rebranded as X, has commandeered the handle @music from an open-source software developer who told CNBC he created the account in 2007, and had built a community of around half a million followers there.While Elon Musk-led X gave Jeremy Vaught no choice but to surrender the desirable username on its platform, he was offered the option to choose from a list of other handles related to the topic of music. His X-assigned account — @musicfan — is not to his liking but he’s settling for it for now. X ported his followers over to the new account at least, he said.The move on the part of the social media company raises questions about the worth of a handle on its platform. X terms of service, last updated in May, say, “We may also remove or refuse to distribute any Content on the Services, limit distribution or visibility of any Content on the service, suspend or terminate users, and reclaim usernames without liability to you.”The threat of losing a handle may make it hard for creators to trust the platform enough to build there long-term, Vaught said.While he had not monetized his @music account, Vaught sometimes took the opportunity to
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