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# Not Everything Related to Twitter is a Controversy
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/not-everything-related-to-twitter-is-a-controversy/
- Published: 2023-01-12T21:58:16.000Z
- Updated: 2023-01-12T21:58:16.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: Links, #Import 2023-06-01 22:41, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

[Ryan Mac and Kate Conger: Twitter Said to Consider Selling User Names to Boost Revenue](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/11/technology/twitter-user-names-elon-musk.html?ref=birchtree.me)

> 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.

Look, I'm all for dragging Musk's Twitter for it's shitty behavior, but this story really reads like someone suggested this in a brainstorming session and it will never actually come to pass. Companies have tons of bad ideas floated internally and we can't judge them on the things that were just *proposed*.