According to The New York Times, Twitter intends to make additional money by selling usernames online. Users might pay for identities or handles in the auction, but it’s yet unclear if the proposal will be adopted and put into practice. Twitter to sell usernames through online auctions
Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, announced last month that the company would start releasing 1.5 billion usernames when inactive users have kicked off the site and terminated.
Twitter will soon start freeing the name space of 1.5 billion accounts
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 9, 2022
The platform’s policy against username squatting, however, prohibits the purchase and sale of usernames, but users discovered a way around the rule by trading usernames on the black market.
The news story was released immediately after Telegram said it might start an auction for usernames on a platform called TON blockchain.
As soon as he became the owner of Twitter, Musk set out to generate revenue for the company by wooing back advertisers who had abandoned the network.
Additionally, he made significant modifications to the business, most of which were met with resistance from customers and staff within his own company.
