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Reminds me of Musk "stole" the @X and @e Twitter handles from users.

Musk also stole @valentine from me:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47856983

well he owns tiwtter, and therefore the handles and their URLs, so the quotes are aptly placed.

I would focus less on "it's not technically a crime so the quotes should be there" part, and more on how "["stolen"] is more accurate than [reallocated] because it's a dick-move of betrayal against users and a worrying violation of norms".

Kind of like if the Example Community is in an uproar because Alice took a baseball-bat an "murdered" her neighbor Bob's dog. Carol's "helpful" note that it isn't homicide may not be received the way she expects.

Equating taking a social media handle with bloody violence against an animal is so weak it doesn't merit an answer.

> "it's not technically a crime so the quotes should be there"

Not only is it not a crime, but it's not even a civil breach of contract.

Get some perspective

> Equating taking a social media handle with bloody violence against an animal is so weak it doesn't merit an answer.

Me: "The relationship moving between the pair $A->$B has similarities to the relationship moving between pair $X-->$Y."

You: "OMG WTF how dare you say that single thing $X is just as bad as single thing $A!!!"

> Get some perspective

"Get" analogies.

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