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A comment on the question "how long untill a username is free again?" in Twitter:

Hi David, we can release the user name, but I need to know if you want this user name to replace an existing user name, or if you want to use it with a new account. If you can update your support request with that info and/or send me an @reply from your twitter account, I'll fix it. For example, send: @crystal can you look at req#123456? – crystal, on October 08, 2008 05:54

A comment on the question "how long untill a username is free again?" in Twitter:

hey mark, I replied to your request to let you know what the next steps are; since the account was deleted by its owner, the deleted user name is attached to the old account for 6 months after the deletion date. – crystal, on October 08, 2008 05:51

A comment on the question "how long untill a username is free again?" in Twitter:

Hi, David. I'm sure a Twitter employee will look into this soon (it seems like Crystal is following this thread). It might speed things up a bit if you could post the ticket number (don't include the letters) here. :) – Chris Thomson, on October 03, 2008 19:50

David replied on October 03, 2008 19:35 to the question "how long untill a username is free again?" in Twitter:

I haven't heard back, would love if you check it out, its the user name Edenbee

A comment on the question "how long untill a username is free again?" in Twitter:

Hi David. Could you kindly clarify -- did you mean that Twitter turned down your request? Or did you mean you haven't heard back from them...? – mdy, on October 02, 2008 16:16

David replied on October 02, 2008 13:05 to the question "how long untill a username is free again?" in Twitter:

Hi There

I've tried contacting Twitter about his but the response has not been great. The account I am looking for has not been active for 9 months and I really would like to have it but no joy from Twitter.

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A comment on the question "how long untill a username is free again?" in Twitter:

@crystal the number is six digits: 323349 – Mark, on October 02, 2008 11:05

A comment on the question "how long untill a username is free again?" in Twitter:

We had a mail backlog affecting all in coming mail for the last 72 hours, sorry about that. If you can give me your 5 digit request number from your confirmation email (do not include the letters) I can look it up for you. – crystal, on September 26, 2008 18:53

Mark replied on September 25, 2008 21:48 to the question "how long untill a username is free again?" in Twitter:

I logged a support ticket two days ago but it still hasn't been updated. How long does it usually take to get a response?

A comment on the question "how long untill a username is free again?" in Twitter:

Hi Mark. You can send in a request to support AT twitter DOT com, or log a support ticket at http://twitter.com/help. Your request will be assigned a ticket number, which you'll see in the auto-generated confirmation email that Twitter's support system will send to you. – mdy, on September 23, 2008 13:00

Mark replied on September 23, 2008 10:53 to the question "how long untill a username is free again?" in Twitter:

Hi there

I've been waiting for a deleted account name to become available for months now. I know it is deleted because if I try and log in using that name, I get the deleted message.

Is Twitter actively making deleted accounts available again after a set period of time? The deleted message suggests that this period is 6 months, but I've been trying to sign up using this deleted account name for longer than 6 months now.

Would you be able to check this account name for me? I'd be happy to email the account name to a Twitter rep.

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A comment on the question "how long untill a username is free again?" in Twitter:

Is there a way to trigger this 9 month rule (i'm after a username that has been inactive for 10 months)? – ciotog, on May 26, 2008 22:19

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Schmelding replied on April 30, 2008 23:30 to the question "how long untill a username is free again?" in Twitter:

And how do we delete an account? Account deletion has been "very temporarily disabled" for a very temporarily long time.

crystal replied on February 27, 2008 02:16 to the question "how long untill a username is free again?" in Twitter:

Hi guys,

We generally have a 9 month rule; if a profile has been inactive for more than 9 months, we release the user name. If it's been active, or has no updates, we attempt to contact the person to see if they're willing to give it up.

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roberto asked a question in Twitter on February 02, 2008 15:05:

how long untill a username is free again?

i'd like to use a nickname, but someone has already taken it. however, the owner have never twitted an update or he updated a very long time ago. is there some kind of "timeout" and the username will be free again?