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Elon Musk’s X Has Started Selling Off Old Twitter Handles For $50,000 (www.forbes.com)
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[–] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like a money laundering scheme.

[–] DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

But no doubt he's also selling some of the handles of formerly verified users, which could increase the disinformation and propaganda on his site by people posing as legit journalists, politicians, and celebrities who have left the platform.