Abandoned Twitter Accounts

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mongorock

Registered Member

Apr 28, 2010

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11

• Jun 19, 2012

• #1

hello,

Does anyone know how you can claim twitter accounts that have been abandoned or left unused? Got a username i really wanna get but someones got already but havent posted since 2007!

Any help would be appreciated

 

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heartofgold

Power Member

Apr 25, 2012

584

94

• Jun 19, 2012

• #2

You can't.

 

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mongorock

Registered Member

Apr 28, 2010

87

11

• Jun 20, 2012

• #3

really theres absolutely nothing that can be done?

 

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wwstewart

Newbie

Nov 30, 2008

21

3

• Aug 15, 2012

• #4

You could try to track down the account owner and maybe offer them some money for it.

 

Nostalgia

Newbie

Jun 29, 2012

44

6

• Aug 15, 2012

• #5

I don't think you can.

I admit though, I do hate it when the username I wanted is taken by an inactive user/egg/spambot.

 

TeamUnique

Regular Member

Jul 7, 2012

482

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• Aug 15, 2012

• #6

I've already looked into this as there was a name i wanted and someone hadn't used it since 2009. Unfortunately theres nothing you can do except try to get in contact with that person which normally ends up not getting a response imo! Twitter say they are working on a solution for this though.. how long that takes i dont know!

 

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krlread

Newbie

Nov 11, 2011

14

3

• Aug 15, 2012

• #7

Why not use an alternate username such as twit-1 or 1sttwit. Sometimes it will actually help you do what you want to do. Just an idea, not very original, but at least an idea.