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While I love your blog tynan, I have a question for twitter: Since when did it become ok to get someone else's twitter handle just due to inactivity? And if the
by seltzered 16y ago
While I love your blog tynan, I have a question for twitter: Since when did it become ok to get someone else's twitter handle just due to inactivity? And if the change occurred in only five minutes, was there any warning to the existing user?
Domain names operate on a principle where you pay for your name every year, and get several warning emails that you will lose your account if you fail to pay.
Edit: read JCS's post, makes sense as long as they clearly state how inactive you must be. That said, could you get kicked off of twitter if you merely use it to "lurk" your friend's protected tweets?
- phjohnst 16y agoSee Twitter's inactive account policy here: http://support.twitter.com/groups/33-report-a-violation/topics/148-policy-information/articles/15362-inactive-account-policy http://support.twitter.com/groups/33-report-a-violation/topi... In general though it looks like they would like you to have a serious claim to the mark (ie US or Intl registered trademark) before they'll hand it over.
- seltzered 16y agothanks!
- tynan 16y agoThey actually told me specifically that they'd check to make sure he wasn't just logging in and reading other tweets with the account.