news Her Instagram Handle Was ‘Metaverse.’ Last Month, It Vanished.

[TangoTango]

https://dnyuz.com/2021/12/13/her-instagram-handle-was-metaverse-last-month-it-vanished/

In the days before, as word leaked out, Ms. Baumann began receiving messages from strangers offering to buy her Instagram handle. “You are now a millionaire,” one person wrote on her account. Another warned: “fb isn’t gonna buy it, they’re gonna take it.”
On Nov. 2, exactly that happened.

 

[dncafe]

"an Australian artist"

Maybe she's been locked up in a hotel room because she had a runny nose

 

[DomainNameFlow]

https://dnyuz.com/2021/12/13/her-instagram-handle-was-metaverse-last-month-it-vanished/

In the days before, as word leaked out, Ms. Baumann began receiving messages from strangers offering to buy her Instagram handle. “You are now a millionaire,” one person wrote on her account. Another warned: “fb isn’t gonna buy it, they’re gonna take it.”
On Nov. 2, exactly that happened.

Looks like it got restored later and now she can access it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/13/technology/instagram-handle-metaverse.html

But what else can you expect from the person who started the whole company stealing other's idea... welcome to Metacones...

 

[Kris88]

good old facebook, taking what isnt theirs