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Ask HN: Best way to deal with Twitter username squatters or bystanders?
Is there a way to contact Twitter support besides the form for trademark infringement? (http://support.twitter.com/articles/18367-trademark-policy)
- alastair 16y agoShow up at their office with cake? [http://tynan.com/twittercake http://tynan.com/twittercake]
- lqnguyen 16y agoi had the same problem. i never thought about contacting Twitter...I was just going to email him and ask him nicely. long shot?
- fakelvis 16y agoThe official word from Twitter (as you pointed out): * Inactive Account Policy: http://support.twitter.com/forums/26257/entries/15362-inactive-usernames http://support.twitter.com/forums/26257/entries/15362-inacti... * Trademark Policy: http://support.twitter.com/articles/18367-trademark-policy http://support.twitter.com/articles/18367-trademark-policy However, Twitter have been known to free up unused usernames by request. Two years ago I used the following method, YMMV[1]: Send username@twitter.com an email with the subject line "Change username to existing, inactive username" with the following content: --- * Username I want: @SquattedUsername * Existing username:@MyRubbishCurrentUsername * Change username: not start again with new.[2] --- A day or two later my account was automatically transferred. [1] This method assumes that you currently have a Twitter account and the 'squatted username is inactive. [2] If you want the Tweets from your current account to be transferred (rather than deleted/archived) say this. Otherwise state that you would like to start afresh.
- barredo 16y agoThanks a lot, really. I already emailed username@twitter.com a few weeks ago, but I did again with your advice. I really hope it works :-)