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Just my personal observation. I earned around half a million dollars by running an "autoclaimer" that would automatically register Instagram names as they'd bec
by FDSGSG 5y ago
Just my personal observation. I earned around half a million dollars by running an "autoclaimer" that would automatically register Instagram names as they'd become available. I'd regularly see Instagram employees grabbing names from my portfolio for themselves.
- pshc 5y agoI can understand the company pulling usernames from an automated name squatter... but I wonder if this happens to fully established accounts too?
- FDSGSG 5y agoWell, I tracked the previous UIDs and saw a lot of names that weren't squatted getting released and shortly after ending up with Instagram employees. E: Oh yeah, there was also the whole "trademarking" thing that was used to steal generic names from active accounts using obviously invalid trademarks. https://www.vice.com/en/article/zma3w4/scammers-fake-trademarks-steal-instagram-accounts https://www.vice.com/en/article/zma3w4/scammers-fake-tradema...
- Inityx 5y agoWow that's a shitty thing to do
- Rastonbury 5y agoHow do valuable usernames 'become available'? Like the person deletes their account?
- FDSGSG 5y agoPeople deleting their accounts, or trying to sell their usernames and messing up the transfer.
- vanusa 5y agoIf you could post before / after screenshots showing proof of this theft somewhere - along with the real-world names of these employees -- that might get a lot of eyeballs.