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There's nothing wrong with vanity tags. Similar to 'verified' accounts. And if you're referencing me from your phone, you could alias me as @knowsnothing and c
by rch 13y ago
There's nothing wrong with vanity tags. Similar to 'verified' accounts.
And if you're referencing me from your phone, you could alias me as @knowsnothing and change my icon to a koala if you wanted to. That offends me less than me having to come up with @awesome_sauce314 to use some photo sharing service, which I'd need to share among friends, coworkers, family, strangers, etc.
- anigbrowl 13y agoI don't disagree, I just think that most service providers find the 'first come first served' model easier to implement. Having said that I'm struck by how this seems to matter less and less on Twitter, eg many celebrities have somewhat random-seeming handles.
- rch 13y agoAgreed on both points. Maybe starting with ICQ back in the 90's has overly biased me; things certainly seem to work well enough as they are.