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[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm waiting for Elon to get rid of the twitter.com domain and forgetting to renew it, and someone swooping in and getting it. Because that's something that would totally happen with his track record.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That would be hilarious! Even better if it redirected to a Lemmy instance.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago

Maybe a mastodon instance will be more apropriate

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

There's a 30 day grace period on renewals before someone else can pick them up. I doubt even Elon is that dumb.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It happened to google.com before, so I definitely wouldn't put it past Elon or the skeleton crew keeping Twitter alive.

https://www.theverge.com/2016/1/29/10868404/google-reveals-how-much-it-paid-the-guy-who-bought-google-com

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hotmail back in the day as well.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

You underestimate his power.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I doubt even Elon is that dumb.

RemindMe! 8 hours

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Adding to my TODO list. Thanks for the great idea! I may own Twitter soon, which means I'll be filthy rich. Noice!