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> We noticed this problem and therefore have found a very profitable solution to sell everyone

• brink 4y ago
  They have to pay for servers somehow. Selling long dead channel handles is better than privacy invasion.
  • duskwuff 4y ago
    It's not better when it comes at the cost of taking some of those handles away from people that were using them.
    • jaywalk 4y ago
      But they weren't using them. That's the whole point.
      • ls15 4y ago
        @pg hasn't posted on HN for two years. Can I have his username?
        • brink 4y ago
          @pg is paying for the servers
          • ls15 4y ago
            But he does not need the account name, right? However, Aaron Swartz is not paying for reddit servers anymore, can I have u/AaronSw then? Has been inactive for 10 years.
            • NayamAmarshe 4y ago
              You can't claim reddit usernames but you can claim inactive Subreddits by contacting the mods.
      • duskwuff 4y ago
        There are a number of situations I'm personally aware of where users had usernames revoked for channels they were actively using. One common case where this occurred is when users used a channel as a "bio" or "blog", and posted to the channel infrequently to update it.