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Re: by nbpoole on Sunday December 18, 2011 @04:14PM (#3367494)
It always says 'Yep' for me :/

Edit: Ah, backend returns HTTP/1.1 503 Service Unavailable .

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Re: by hndjmrh on Sunday December 18, 2011 @04:17PM (#3367498)
Apparently all 3 of Twitter names I own and use are still available :/ I'm thinking that now you're up you should bug check it.
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Re: by yahelc on Sunday December 18, 2011 @04:17PM (#3367497)
It says "Yep" for my handle...

Are you hitting https://twitter.com/users/username_available?username=[X]? I wonder if that private API is rate limited.

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Re: by mikeleeorg on Sunday December 18, 2011 @04:14PM (#3367490)
Nice! You know what would be cool too? If you could also suggest available Twitter names that are derivatives of the name I type in.
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Re: by rossbeale on Sunday December 18, 2011 @04:19PM (#3367507)
"It always says 'Yep' for me :/" true.
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Re: by c_t_montgomery on Sunday December 18, 2011 @04:18PM (#3367503)
garrrh. thanks everyone - not sure why it's returning "yep". Looking into this now.
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Re: by Omnipresent on Sunday December 18, 2011 @04:18PM (#3367504)
perhaps a blog entry on how to make a catchy HN title would be good too ;)
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Re: by seminal on Sunday December 18, 2011 @04:18PM (#3367505)
not quite working but it does seem like a fun sunday morning project.
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