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But all they care about is the follower count. Once it hits a million, they can sell off this account to someone who wants to monetize it.

I mean, they have no real attraction to "History in Pics" as a constant, or to any particular post. They just care about it as something that people seem to like to follow. If someone else rips off their content, I doubt that would have any impact at all.



It's against Twitter's terms to sell an account or username. Does Twitter commonly look the other way on this? Are there public examples of Twitter accounts being sold for a lot of money?


How about allowing someone else to post on that account, is that allowed? If not I imagine nearly all corp accounts are in breach of their rules.

They don't need to "sell" it legally to create the same practical result.

Seems it's pretty unenforceable for Twitter?


What's a twitter account, a username + an email address? From Twitter's perspective, a sale is the same as just changing the email address.


You might have a point about the "History in Pics" account, I guess you would have to be competing with a newer account and outpace its follower count- or have an "Ad free History in Pics" account that catches traction or something. Or maybe they really wouldn't care at all, I don't know.




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