Twitter Case Allowed To Proceed
A motion by Noah Kravitz to dismiss the case against him by Phonedog was denied this week, reports ReadWriteWeb.
As a reminder, Kravitz, a former employee of PhoneDog, changed his Twitter handle when he quit the company but kept the 17,000 followers he’d amassed.
According to Kravitz, this agreement was fine with PhoneDog for eight months, and then he sued them for back pay. In his mind, this is simply a retaliation lawsuit.
However, other social media analysts are saying that taking your Twitter followers with you when you leave a company is the modern equivalent of grabbing your Rolodex on the way out.
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