Soon enough one guy gave me instructions on how to file a ticket which is all he really needed to do to get the username. i got @jcs the same way a couple mon

Soon enough one guy gave me instructions on how to file a ticket which is all he really needed to do to get the username. i got @jcs the same way a couple months ago: open a ticket, ignore the auto-reply email telling you twitter doesn't free up unused names, reply again saying you want the username looked into for inactivity. in a couple days they'll email back letting you know whether the account is inactive enough for deletion. if so, they'll delete it and you'll have to quickly change your username to the new one (since they won't directly hand over an account except in the case of trademark infringement).