Rock band Muse lose social media handles to Meta’s new AI tool • Hacker News Board

Re: Rock band Muse lose social media handles to Meta’s new AI tool

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Post by Aurornis » Thu, Sep 10, 2026, 1:08 AM UTC

nvme0n1p1 wrote: post #58

sippingabonedry wrote: post #19

> The exact circumstances surrounding the changes aren't clear. The exact circumstances are that they likely paid them a shitload of money.

Don't be so generous in your assumptions. Meta simply stole the username because they could, and gave the old owner nothing in return. Or if they were lucky, maybe the band got a few Meta branded t-shirts, as was the case for one of the other victims from the article. Seriously, look at that list of all the times Meta stole people's handles. Why would this time be any different?

> Meta simply stole the username because they could, and gave the old owner nothing in return.

The name changed happened across platforms including Twitter\X.

Meta doesn’t own X.

Is nobody reading the article? This comment section is crazy.

Re: Rock band Muse lose social media handles to Meta’s new AI tool

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Post by cortesoft » Thu, Sep 10, 2026, 1:08 AM UTC

zdragnar wrote: post #26

amazingamazing wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

is there evidence that happened (there was payment for handle)?

No, there's no evidence either way. Both are equally possible. The odds of X forcefully handing a handle over from a user to Meta for an AI product seem lower to me than them being paid for it, but that's not based on anything either. Using "lost" in a headline is therefore misleading, as it implies a lack of consent where there is no actual knowledge that is the case.

> Both are equally possible.

I don't think so, because if it was involuntary from Muse the band, surely they would post something about it. They would get a ton of publicity and goodwill for shit talking Meta, and the fact that they aren't makes it much more likely that they were paid for it.

Re: Rock band Muse lose social media handles to Meta’s new AI tool

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Post by agnishom » Thu, Sep 10, 2026, 1:08 AM UTC

Great! Can't wait until a few billion dollars are wasted on a new Meta product which becomes a nothingburger even before it starts

Re: Rock band Muse lose social media handles to Meta’s new AI tool

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Post by ValentineC » Thu, Sep 10, 2026, 1:09 AM UTC

Terr_ wrote: post #22

Reminds me of Musk "stole" the @X and @e Twitter handles from users.

Musk also stole @valentine from me:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47856983

Re: Rock band Muse lose social media handles to Meta’s new AI tool

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Post by theturtletalks » Thu, Sep 10, 2026, 1:09 AM UTC

paxys wrote: post #49

theturtletalks wrote: post #12

Wild so many creators are pouring their life’s work into these platforms instead of their personal website

Have tens of millions of engaged fans or just tens? Difficult choice.

Heard of POSSE? They could post on their websites and syndicate elsewhere. That way, I can access their content thru their website or RSS since I don’t have an Instagram.

LLMs are equalizing this. They use curl and Instagram has dark patterns to stop this. So if you ask a question in a specific niche, LLMs will prefer and refer to users who have their own website.

It’s the same reason popular YouTubers move to Patreon and Nebula once they get established. You never want to solely depend on a platform that can demonetize, or in this situation, take your handle.

Muse might’ve just sold it to them, TBH. I don’t see FB stripping them of it outright. This is not a small band afterall.

Re: Rock band Muse lose social media handles to Meta’s new AI tool

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Post by brookst » Thu, Sep 10, 2026, 1:10 AM UTC

Aurornis wrote: post #71

nvme0n1p1 wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don't be so generous in your assumptions. Meta simply stole the username because they could, and gave the old owner nothing in return. Or if they were lucky, maybe the band got a few Meta branded t-shirts, as was the case for one of the other victims from the article. Seriously, look at that list of all the times Meta stole people's handles. Why would this time be any different?

> Meta simply stole the username because they could, and gave the old owner nothing in return. The name changed happened across platforms including Twitter\X. Meta doesn’t own X. Is nobody reading the article? This comment section is crazy.

This place has become Reddit with how easy it is to farm upvotes for any “evil corpos” take, no matter how clueless or inane.

Re: Rock band Muse lose social media handles to Meta’s new AI tool

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Post by sitzkrieg » Thu, Sep 10, 2026, 1:10 AM UTC

my original instagram handle was magically overtaken and handed to a celebrity in like 2020. meta doesnt care, employees do it for favors

Re: Rock band Muse lose social media handles to Meta’s new AI tool

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Post by gred » Thu, Sep 10, 2026, 1:11 AM UTC

I'm sure somehow it's George W. Bush's fault.

Re: Rock band Muse lose social media handles to Meta’s new AI tool

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Post by cortesoft » Thu, Sep 10, 2026, 1:12 AM UTC

theturtletalks wrote: post #12

Wild so many creators are pouring their life’s work into these platforms instead of their personal website

Muse released their 4th platinum album before Twitter was even founded. They poured their life's work into Twitter? That is ridiculous.

Re: Rock band Muse lose social media handles to Meta’s new AI tool

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Post by tech234a » Thu, Sep 10, 2026, 1:13 AM UTC

sippingabonedry wrote: post #42

gchamonlive wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd love to get paid a ton of money to leave their social shitwork for good. Do they have mastodon or bluesky?

I'd suggest building a time machine and going back to register threads.com.

https://web.archive.org/web/20240924220217/https://threads.c...