A man who used ``@X'' on Twitter since 2007 is hijacked by the user name, no monetary compensation of 1 yen



'X', which changed its brand name from Twitter, also changed its official account username to '

X(@X) '. This user name '@X' has been used by a male photographer since 2007, but it is reported that X has inherited this user name from the man for free.

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Along with the change of the name of Twitter to 'X', the official account of management also changed to X (@X). According to British news media The Telegraph, until July 25, 2023, this username belonged to Jean X. Fan, a photographer living in San Francisco. British daily tabloid The Sun previously estimated that Mr. Fan's account was 'worth tens of thousands of dollars (millions of yen).'

Using the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, you can see Mr. Huang's day-to-day writings from this account.



Mr. Fan, who has been using '@X' since 2007, said that he was willing to respond if the X side approached him about the account. However, Mr. Huang only received an email notifying him that his account would be taken over by the company. Among them, X proposed to provide X's goods and meet with management, but it seems that no money was offered.

``They sent me an email saying that the username is essentially the property of 'X,''' Fan told The Telegraph. In addition,

the terms of service valid at the time of article creation state that ``We will also delete or refuse to distribute content on this service, limit distribution or display of content on this service, without liability to users. , may request the suspension or termination of the user's eligibility, and the return of the user name.'



Mr. Fan, who was proposed to meet with management, told Ars Technica, an IT news site, ``I didn't feel the need to meet with management because I didn't know what the meeting would be like. , It must have been awkward,' he said, revealing that he declined the offer to meet.

``I'm not a legal expert, so I don't know what rights I have. Maybe I have some rights, but I keep my life simple. I want to, so I don't want to fight over such things,' he said, stating that he does not intend to fight over the return of long-used usernames or financial compensation.

Mr. Fan, who gave his username to X's official account, uses the new username '@x12345678998765' at the time of writing the article. Mr. Fan tweeted in a post on July 26, 2023, ``All is well if the end is good.''

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