Did you join Twitter thinking that a clever profile name was the way to distinguish yourself? Or perhaps you felt more people would find you if you simply registered with your given name and surname? In both of these instances, you may be like me with a Twitter name that is 10 characters or longer.
…om for Om Malik and twitter.com/f1 for Formula 1.Back in February, 2009, the ‘Twitter Facts’ blog noted that all 1 character-long names were currently taken. 6 of the 37 Twitter names (A-Z, 0-9 and underscore) were private Twitter accounts and 4 of those Twitter names were without updates. Martin BryantMany early users of the service also picked up shorter names (first names and catchy short names) according to Martin Bryant, UK editor at The Next Web. And even if these accounts have become inactive, it’s presently not possible to apply for these names. Actually unused account are never deleted, unless an account has breached Twitter’s Terms of Service.That is, until now. Bryant recently sought Twitter out for a comment on this issue and was told that the company plans to release all inactive user-names in the very near future, with a date and time to be determined.So, similar to when Facebook allowed its users to select a new URL on a prescribed date and time (see “Vanity URL Gold Rush at Facebook”),…
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