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		Houshalter on Jan 29, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How I Lost My $50,000 Twitter Username The hacker sells it anonymously to someone who isn't aware of the controversy or who doesn't care. It will probably shrink the value of the username but I bet it's still worth something.

paulgb on Jan 29, 2014 [–]

Selling is prohibited by the TOS, so if the buyer does their due diligence they know what risk they're taking

e12e on Jan 29, 2014 | [–]

So is selling accounts in MMOs etc. Doesn't mean it doesn't happen.

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