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		neximo64 on May 18, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Twitter is purging inactive accounts, including pe... To be quite cold about it, it would be nice to recycle the username

hammyhavoc on May 18, 2023 [–]

Exploiting people isn't going to be nice.

Usernames on anything should be single-use to prevent abuse.

bnt on May 18, 2023 | [–]

Elon did say they would free up inactive usernames, guess he figured its not a good idea

hammyhavoc on May 18, 2023 | | [–]

Oh, he's already backpedaled on doing this?

neximo64 on May 18, 2023 | | [–]

I hope not. Theres a username im looking to get that I lost the password for a long time ago.

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