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If I recall correctly, the handle you deleted stays inactive and is unavailable to new registrants. This is present on Google at least, I assume it's the same e

If I recall correctly, the handle you deleted stays inactive and is unavailable to new registrants. This is present on Google at least, I assume it's the same elsewhere.

esskay 2y ago
Not the case on Twitter. It becomes instantly available to anyone who wants it.
- jjulius 2y ago
  Well that seems... dumb.
  - esskay 2y ago
    Yup, about par for the course with Twitter these days sadly.
  - rsynnott 2y ago
    Well, it's a Twitter product decision, so, yes, 'dumb' is about what one would expect.
benatkin 2y ago
The concept of a handle goes beyond a username. If someone can construct a profile that looks like someone's profile on another site and contains approximately the words in the username, like _username or imusername instead of username, they might be able to impersonate it. In that case it would be good to have an active profile on that platform to counteract it.