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I have a decently common first name and last name and was eventually able to snag the domain of my name (firstnameLastname.ca) and switched over most of various
by gorbypark 3y ago
I have a decently common first name and last name and was eventually able to snag the domain of my name (firstnameLastname.ca) and switched over most of various online accounts to use it.
I'm not a big Twitter user, and when I went to log in Twitter for the first time in probably a year or two, I forgot that it was still using my gmail account. I couldn't remember my password, so I did a password reset, received the email, and reset my password.
After looking around a bit, I realized this was not my account. It turned out the previous owner of firstnameLastname.ca also used firstname@firstnameLastname.ca
I ended up making a twitter post basically saying "Hello, I think I accidentally stole your account. If this used to be your account, email me.". A few weeks later I got an email from a fellow with the same name as me, who used to live in Canada but had moved back to England. I was able to change the email on the account and give him back access.