Comments on: How to Secure an Unused Twitter Account http://www.twitip.com/how-to-secure-unused-twitter-accounts/ Twitter Tips in 140 Characters or More Sat, 03 Sep 2011 14:03:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Skype Helper http://www.twitip.com/how-to-secure-unused-twitter-accounts/#comment-149930 Skype Helper Sun, 02 Jan 2011 21:58:42 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=191#comment-149930 Typing ‘WHOIS username’ does not work anymore … Is there any other way to get the Twitter user info? Tnx Typing ‘WHOIS username’ does not work anymore … Is there any other way to get the Twitter user info?

Tnx

]]> By: Skype Helper http://www.twitip.com/how-to-secure-unused-twitter-accounts/#comment-149929 Skype Helper Sun, 02 Jan 2011 21:56:44 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=191#comment-149929 It seems that typing ‘WHOIS username’ does not work anymore ... Is there any other way to get the Twitter user info? Tnx It seems that typing ‘WHOIS username’ does not work anymore …

Is there any other way to get the Twitter user info?

Tnx

]]> By: Paul Gailey http://www.twitip.com/how-to-secure-unused-twitter-accounts/#comment-121097 Paul Gailey Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:59:35 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=191#comment-121097 if anyone encounters a twitter account with a message offering the username for sale, you can report it to twitter and they will suspend the account as that is in breach of their terms. the fastest way to get to twitter support is via: http://bit.ly/twicket trademark holders generally get a rapid/good response for account recovery and squatted names are also released subject to inactivty (not all of which is visible to the public) their is also a 3rd party service (twitterclaims) that claims (freemium model) to notify you when an account become available, however i have tested it and it does not work. if anyone encounters a twitter account with a message offering the username for sale, you can report it to twitter and they will suspend the account as that is in breach of their terms.

the fastest way to get to twitter support is via:

http://bit.ly/twicket

trademark holders generally get a rapid/good response for account recovery and squatted names are also released subject to inactivty (not all of which is visible to the public)

their is also a 3rd party service (twitterclaims) that claims (freemium model) to notify you when an account become available, however i have tested it and it does not work.

]]> By: wes http://www.twitip.com/how-to-secure-unused-twitter-accounts/#comment-83307 wes Wed, 05 May 2010 20:51:24 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=191#comment-83307 I hate to be ignorant, but are you supposed to include the quotes in the Tweet to get the WHOIS info? I tried it without, but nothing happened. I don't want to tweet a bunch of nonsense by accident. I hate to be ignorant, but are you supposed to include the quotes in the Tweet to get the WHOIS info? I tried it without, but nothing happened. I don’t want to tweet a bunch of nonsense by accident.

]]> By: Peter Langenkamp http://www.twitip.com/how-to-secure-unused-twitter-accounts/#comment-68152 Peter Langenkamp Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:58:49 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=191#comment-68152 Here is how to reach twitter support: http://twitter.zendesk.com/requests/new Unfortunately, twitter support are not helping me out with taking an unused name. Patience is the only solution, and hopefully tweettaker.com will be of any help. Here is the repsonse of twitter support: Twitter is currently only releasing inactive or suspended usernames in cases of trademark infringement. We do plan on bulk releasing all inactive or suspended usernames at some time in the future, but do not yet have a set timeframe for doing so. We appreciate your patience. If you notice that your desired username becomes available in the future, you can rename your account by following these instructions: 1. Log in to Twitter 2. Click "Settings" at the top of the page 3. Under the Account section, edit your username 4. Save your changes For more information on our policies regarding trademarks, please refer to the following support page: http://twitter.zendesk.com/forums/26257/entries/18367 This page contains detailed information about what constitutes trademark infringement, as well as how to report it to Twitter. Be sure to select "Trademark/Brand squatting" from the "Regarding" dropdown menu if you need to submit a new report. We are unable to respond to replies to this email. Thanks for contacting Twitter, Trust and Safety Here is how to reach twitter support: http://twitter.zendesk.com/requests/new

Unfortunately, twitter support are not helping me out with taking an unused name. Patience is the only solution, and hopefully tweettaker.com will be of any help.

Here is the repsonse of twitter support:

Twitter is currently only releasing inactive or suspended usernames in cases of trademark infringement. We do plan on bulk releasing all inactive or suspended usernames at some time in the future, but do not yet have a set timeframe for doing so. We appreciate your patience.

If you notice that your desired username becomes available in the future, you can rename your account by following these instructions:

1. Log in to Twitter
2. Click “Settings” at the top of the page
3. Under the Account section, edit your username
4. Save your changes

For more information on our policies regarding trademarks, please refer to the following support page:

http://twitter.zendesk.com/forums/26257/entries/18367

This page contains detailed information about what constitutes trademark infringement, as well as how to report it to Twitter. Be sure to select “Trademark/Brand squatting” from the “Regarding” dropdown menu if you need to submit a new report. We are unable to respond to replies to this email.

Thanks for contacting Twitter,
Trust and Safety

]]> By: Big http://www.twitip.com/how-to-secure-unused-twitter-accounts/#comment-65241 Big Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:34:28 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=191#comment-65241 How to contact twitter support via email anyway? i tried to look everywhere at their website but no luck! :) How to contact twitter support via email anyway? i tried to look everywhere at their website but no luck! :)

]]> By: martymankins http://www.twitip.com/how-to-secure-unused-twitter-accounts/#comment-63947 martymankins Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:23:56 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=191#comment-63947 Yes, thanks to Drew for that tool. I submitted my name and hope it gets freed up soon. Yes, thanks to Drew for that tool. I submitted my name and hope it gets freed up soon.

]]> By: xgravity23 http://www.twitip.com/how-to-secure-unused-twitter-accounts/#comment-41837 xgravity23 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:05:24 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=191#comment-41837 @drew: Thanks for Tweettaker.com! That's great! @drew: Thanks for Tweettaker.com! That’s great!

]]> By: drew http://www.twitip.com/how-to-secure-unused-twitter-accounts/#comment-41763 drew Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:13:38 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=191#comment-41763 I wrote a tool that will tell you when the Twitter name you want is finally deleted so that you can register it: http://www.tweettaker.com/ Now we just have to wait for them to get better about deleting inactive accounts. I wrote a tool that will tell you when the Twitter name you want is finally deleted so that you can register it: http://www.tweettaker.com/

Now we just have to wait for them to get better about deleting inactive accounts.

]]> By: Walt Ribeiro http://www.twitip.com/how-to-secure-unused-twitter-accounts/#comment-8507 Walt Ribeiro Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:39:29 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=191#comment-8507 Huge help. Nice article on this topic! Twitter is a great service. Huge help. Nice article on this topic! Twitter is a great service.

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