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 he had not monetized his @music account, Vaught sometimes took the opportunity to review consumer hardware, mostly from the makers of headphones, ear buds and other accessories seeking his opinion, given his status as a social media influencer.
It’s not clear what X plans to do with the @music account now. On Thursday, the company posted a photo of the musicianthere, holding a copy of his 2014 album"x" which is pronounced"multiply." Representatives for Sheeran, X, and Musk did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Vaught said he is still using X, though he did set up a new account on Meta’s text-based competitor Threads, and another on Mastodon.
Vaught was disappointed that X would take over a handle from a user who invested 16 years into its platform with nothing but impersonal correspondence, more akin to a technical support help ticket.
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