The guy that has the @Jelly Twitter handle, which Jelly tried to buy from him, is still pointing confused Twitter users to the proper account, all the while, showing how Jelly might want to consider upping the offer it made for the account.
When Jelly launched early last week, it was going by @jellyhq on Twitter. A guy who goes by John Jelly (at least for his website JohnJelly.com – “Jelly” is a nickname he holds dear to his heart) has had the @Jelly Twitter handle since 2008, though he had been largely silent on Twitter for quite some time before Biz Stone’s new app launched and he started getting Twitter users looking for that.
Jelly asked him on Twitter if he wanted to change names, to which @Jelly responded, “What’s in it for me?”
Then the conversation turned to DM, when Jelly offered him some amount of money for the account, which he ultimately declined. He signed a non-disclosure agreement, so he wouldn’t say just how much he was offered.
Since then, Twitter users have continued to frequently Tweet messages at him thinking they’re Tweeting at the company. Jelly has since switched to the @askjelly handle.
But @Jelly has been quite the sport, answering many of them by pointing them in the right direction. He’s even being tweeted the occasional cup of coffee for his trouble.
@JoeMari95875495 @mattjstein Hey Joe, I think you are looking for @askjelly, not @jelly. Thank you.
— Jelly (@Jelly) January 16, 2014
@rwang0 @PopScope @Tourizing Ray, I think you are looking for @askjelly, not @jelly. Thank you.j
— Jelly (@Jelly) January 16, 2014
@WaterWayRealty Mott, I believe you are looking for @askjelly, not @jelly Thank you.
— Jelly (@Jelly) January 16, 2014
@cwood @twitter Charlie, I would be very valuable to you, I think your looking for @askjelly, not @jelly, Thank you.
— Jelly (@Jelly) January 16, 2014
@zacharyjeans @Starbucks @rwang0 @PopScope @Tourizing @askjelly not anti-@Starbucks I'll take a Reg. Trenta
— Jelly (@Jelly) January 16, 2014
@zacharyjeans @Tweetacoffee you are welcome, and Thank You for the virtual coffee
— Jelly (@Jelly) January 16, 2014
@wienbar @RJMetrics Sharon, I'm sure you mean @askjelly, and not @jelly, I fortell nothing….
— Jelly (@Jelly) January 16, 2014
@zacharyjeans I thought @tweetacofee was just a joke, but it looks like it's really a coffee? if so I have not thanked you enough!!
— Jelly (@Jelly) January 16, 2014
@zacharyjeans just tweeted @jelly a coffee from Starbucks. I thought it was a lark, until I printed out the gift card. Thank you Zachary.
— Jelly (@Jelly) January 16, 2014
Thank you again @zacharyjeans pic.twitter.com/1atrWgFOyo
— Jelly (@Jelly) January 17, 2014
@jjivmark Jan, Thank you, but your looking for @askjelly.
— Jelly (@Jelly) January 17, 2014
@domburch @askjelly Dom, Thank you for the kind words.
— Jelly (@Jelly) January 17, 2014
It’s smart of @Jelly to include @askjelly in these Tweets, because it shows the company just how many Tweets intended for them he’s actually getting. Perhaps the company will take that as a sign that the handle is worth more than what they previously thought. Or maybe they’ll just try to wait until he gets tired of dealing with them.
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