Comments on: Evan – Twitter needs a better policy on Usernames

By: ed

ed — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:43:15 +0000

You’re squatting on names, of a private company,
they built and paid for, hoping to score free value, (not even pay for the names like domain names),

and bitching?

Does your mommy still give you free lunch too?

By: Keith Cash

Keith Cash — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:10:59 +0000

This is a Rip off.

Boston Celtics should have gone with bostonceltics. This should have been the only option.

The ICANN does not work like this, if you own celtics.com and someone name Bob Celtics, he is not entitled to the the Boston Celtics domain.

This whole thing is wrong

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:49:46 +0000

Remember, Twitter is about helping people stay in touch and share details about their lives. It’s not about providing you with a free bot network.

By: Twittersquatting. « Vendorprisey

Twittersquatting. « Vendorprisey — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:07:03 +0000

[...] to this post from Steve Poland they still have a lot to learn. Steve had several Twitter names removed [...]

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:26:04 +0000

Interesting situation and I have a dog in this race. Like Steve, I have several high-profile names registered and have been toying with different models for making these into both a useful and profitable service.

This has been my biggest reservation since I first got wrapped up in Twitter. If I have no real claim to these names, how can I justify the time and expense required to create anything of value (for my followers as well as myself) out of them? By stifling account holders in this way, Twitter is holding itself back.

By: Social Media User Names Becoming More Like Domain Names | The domain industry's news source

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:22:32 +0000

[...] Twitter has now handed it over to the Boston Celtics basketball team. He writes an open letter to Twitter founder Evan Williams pointing out the obvious: Twitter needs a better policy on handling user name issues. “How does [...]

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Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:50:38 +0000

[...] Poland’s open letter to Evan Williams last week hit Techmeme and apparently got widely read. Another Twitter user name [...]

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Sun, 28 Dec 2008 04:40:10 +0000

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FizWho » Social Media User Names Becoming More Like Domain Names — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:20:07 +0000

By: Kirtsy Has Porn, Users Blame Twitter « TheNextWeb.com

Kirtsy Has Porn, Users Blame Twitter « TheNextWeb.com — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:27:37 +0000

[...] this with the recent pulling of usernames and you must ask, do you just need a good story and a handful of friends to fake outrage to have a [...]