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> Removing your account completely from Twitter makes it immediately available for anyone else to take, Do you have a source for this? The only thing i can fin
by angoragoats 2y ago
> Removing your account completely from Twitter makes it immediately available for anyone else to take,
Do you have a source for this? The only thing i can find is a random tweet from Elmo in 2023. I deleted my twitter account in the 2022-ish timeframe, and the handle I had (created in 2007) was my first initial + last name, which I would think would be claimed by now. It's not, so I'm thinking that deleted account handles can't be reused.
- paularmstrong 2y agoThey can be taken immediately. Source me, former Twitter employee pre 2021
- angoragoats 2y agoIt must have changed between when you worked there and now, because I just checked and I can't sign up with my old handle (despite it returning a "this account doesn't exist" error when attempting to view it).
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- throwaway290 2y agoAs of 2023 the model was to allow taking a handle even if it already exists but did not post for a while: https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-x-twitter-inactive-username-handle-marketplace-report-2023-11 https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-x-twitter-inactive... So it seems unlikely they would keep deleted handles forever. I bet they become part of this marketplace program a la "premium domains".
- angoragoats 2y agoI can’t find any evidence that the plan outlined in that article was actually launched. The owner of Twitter says a lot of stuff, but most of it is made up.