How I Lost My $50,000 Twitter Username

Re:How I Lost My $50,000 Twitter Username by harryh on Tuesday January 28, 2014 @11:35PM (#7141901)

Oh it definitely doesn't make your username 'up for grabs'. What happened to you totally sucks and I hope you manage to get your account back.

That being said if you're not actually going to use your account you might want to at least consider giving it to someone who would put it to more active use. Just a thought.

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Re:How I Lost My $50,000 Twitter Username by nh7a on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @12:10AM (#7142051)

I've been actively using the account for other purpose than tweeting, and had a vague plan to start using it for tweeting again. Should I have mentioned the plan publicly so that the attacker would have refrained from blackmailing me? I don't think so.

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Re:How I Lost My $50,000 Twitter Username by nathanb on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @12:03AM (#7142023)

Someone offered him 50 grand for it, and he turned them down. I would be surprised if he hadn't considered it at that point, if not previously.

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Re:How I Lost My $50,000 Twitter Username by jrs99 on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @01:28AM (#7142308)

This COULD make sense. Are all other names taken up on twitter? Is it difficult to tweet without using the @N name? I never used twitter before.

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Re:How I Lost My $50,000 Twitter Username by harryh on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @11:33PM (#7149086)

Maybe google.com should have built their web site on kljasdklfjnaksdfn.com instead. That would have worked out just as well for them right? I haven't used the web very much.

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