To be purchased by the troll and bait accounts to look more like who they may be impersonating... this has repercussions outside of that hellscape of an app

A snake eating itself.

Priority handles will be free and “often include full names, multi-word phrases, or alphanumeric combinations.” Rare handles, on the other hand, will be a paid option, and “may be priced anywhere from $2,500 to over seven figures, depending on demand and uniqueness.”

Ok so if it's a "high demand" handle then I guess they bend you over for it. Domains are like that too, but it isn't exactly something to strive for.

But more importantly, if you ever downgrade your X subscription, your account will revert back to your original username, and you’ll lose access to the one you snagged through the marketplace.

I really hope someone pays 7 figures for one only to get fucked by this. I want to see it so badly.

Sounds like a good way to impersonate and use the reputation of someone who's active on other platforms. Just like the "verified" stuff mostly just means you paid, not that your identity was verified which is always confusing people who aren't careful, often used/confused by right-wing "news".

Selling inactive handles? That almost sounds like DNS. You know, what Bluesky uses for usernames.

Wrong. It's called Twitter.

Like the special man says:

Lettahaveeeeeem