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How the hell did they snag a 1 character username on GitHub?

• only4here 4y ago
  It looks like they've been around since 2010, which surprises me because GitHub was around for a year or two before that iirc. I still envy that username, though!
  • naillo 4y ago
    Sometimes people assume the low character count usernames are taken and don't even try. I've snagged some cool twitter accounts this way (not low though but like regular words).
    • jdorfman 4y ago
      I can confirm that. I grabbed "odb" back in the day from a squatter (no repos or activity)
• riffic 4y ago
  first thing I noticed too, hah. my small github claim to fame is writing its article's first revision on en.wikipedia, which may have been sent to the deletion kangaroo court for notability.
• KMnO4 4y ago
  If a username is completely inactive, GitHub support is pretty good about releasing the name if you ask.
• skilled 4y ago
  That username is pretty neat, indeed!