Twitter employees have held conversations about selling some user names for the service since at least December, the people said. Engineers have discussed running online auctions where people can bid for the user names, which are the words, numbers or string of characters that follow the @ sign by which accounts are identified on the platform. Mr. Musk’s user name, for example, is @elonmusk.
It’s unclear if the project will move forward and if the plan affects all user names or only a subset, the people said. But Mr. Musk said last month that he wanted to start eliminating inactive accounts on Twitter and free up 1.5 billion user names. Only certain user names — such as those of well-known people, brands and popular names — may have value.
Revealing our new Emirates Stadium artwork.
Created by the Arsenal family.
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— Arsenal (@Arsenal) January 11, 2023
Canât wait to get back on the court but hereâs a little life update for 2023. pic.twitter.com/GYXRnutU3I
— NaomiOsaka性ćăȘăăż (@naomiosaka) January 11, 2023
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