After previewing its plans to open a marketplace to “redistribute” dormant handles class=”link ” href=”https://www.engadget.com/social-media/xs-handle-marketplace-will-sell-some-rare-usernames-for-millions-of-dollars-224852740.html” data-i13n=”cpos:1;pos:1″ data-ylk=”slk:last month;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”>last month, X has made the feature class=”link ” href=”https://x.com/XHandles/status/1991979559940767938″ data-i13n=”cpos:2;pos:1″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:available;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”>available to all Premium+ subscribers on the platform. The feature allows subscribers to request new handles that up to now have been unavailable because they belonged to accounts that have since become inactive.
The marketplace offers two types of handles: “priority” and “rare.” For priority handles, X has suggested the goal is to give people the chance to have a handle that more closely…
