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Inactive twitter handle

smash · 2015-10-27 16:46:30

Has anyone had any success in getting an inactive twitter handle released so they can use it? Twitter state clearly that unless a handle infringes on copyright or trademark then they'll never release it. But I'm looking at a handle here that was set up in 2008 with zero followers, zero tweets and following nobody. Anyone…

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27-10-2015 5:46pm

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smash

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Has anyone had any success in getting an inactive twitter handle released so they can use it?

Twitter state clearly that unless a handle infringes on copyright or trademark then they'll never release it. But I'm looking at a handle here that was set up in 2008 with zero followers, zero tweets and following nobody.

Anyone know of another way that I could get it released?

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#2 28-10-2015 9:19pm
mneylon

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Short answer - no
Longer answer - there is a "market" in Twitter (and other social media) profiles. It's against the terms of service of most social media networks to sell / buy them, but it still happens

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