Posts Tagged "usernames"

Twitter to release usernames

Posted by on Jan 20, 2010 in Social Media | 3 comments

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...

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