Twitter to release usernames

It looks like Twitter is planning to release usernames that are either inactive or have been deleted. If you were a late adopter to Twitter, you may have had trouble trying to lock down a particular username (even if it was abandoned by other users) and there was no way to reach out to previously owned Twitter names. Twitter’s current policy states that “An account is considered inactive if it hasn’t been logged into or updated in over 6 months. Inactive accounts may be automatically removed from Twitter. To keep your account active, be sure to log in and post an update within 6 months of your last update.”

So it looks as though all of those innactive accounts will be recycled and released back to the public. There is no official date of the release, but Mashable is already predicting a username land grab similar to the Facebook’s vanity URL rush back in 2009. Remember that day? When you got up at 7 am to get your customized Facebook URL … you know you did!

So, the question of the day is, are you happy with your Twitter username or will you go hunting for a new one?