Twitter hijacks @X handle, offered user merch, trip to HQ as 'thank you'

Twitter is presently undergoing a rebrand to X, after proprietor Elon Musk grabbed headlines erstwhile helium announced that the 17 twelvemonth aged societal media level helium acquired past twelvemonth would person a caller name, logo, look and consciousness connected July 24. X volition service arsenic the caller sanction of the societal media level and a broader ecosystem level which Musk intends to develop.

According to a screenshot shared connected alternate societal media level Stacker.News, representatives of X emailed a idiosyncratic that had primitively registered the @X Twitter illustration informing them that the relationship would beryllium taken implicit by the platform.

A screenshot of an email shows Elon Musk’s rebranded X societal media level offering a idiosyncratic merchandise and a travel to institution office aft taking implicit their illustration name.

The idiosyncratic was told that the @X grip was “affiliated with X Corp” and would beryllium subsequently changed to a caller idiosyncratic handle. The idiosyncratic was fixed the enactment to take an unclaimed oregon inactive idiosyncratic grip arsenic a replacement, with their followers and pursuing information acceptable to beryllium transferred crossed to the caller profile.

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According to the email, the idiosyncratic was not offered immoderate compensation, lone a enactment of institution merchandise and a sojourn to the societal media platform’s caput bureau successful San Francisco.

“Additionally, arsenic a reflection of our appreciation, you volition besides beryllium provided with a enactment of X merch and an exclusive sojourn to X’s HQ to conscionable members of our team.”

Cointelegraph has reached retired to X to verify the authenticity of the email.

According to an earlier report from Mashable, Gene X. Hwang was the proprietor of the @X username earlier it was taken over. The Twitter idiosyncratic had not primitively heard from the societal media institution pursuing archetypal reports that it would rebrand to X. 

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