Thanks, glad to know I'm not alone on this. I've looked at filing a trademark but it is still frustrating to proceed through lengthy/costly legal process in order to reclaim an inactive/spam username -- especially for a completely free service. This entry in the Twitter API FAQ is a glimmer of hope for app developers. I hope someone at Twitter can help app developers get their specific situation reviewed. In some cases, such as mine, it is an all-around-win for the Twitter ecosystem to release these inactive usernames.
-Anil On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 5:17 PM, Aral Balkan <aralbal...@gmail.com> wrote: > I had the same response :( > Someone told me that the way to approach it may be to file a trademark > dispute. This is what I'm going to be forced to do since it doesn't appear > possible to talk to a human being at Twitter about this issue. > All the best, > Aral > On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 6:04 PM, anilchawla <ani...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I develop and maintain a free Twitter application (http:// >> tweetymail.com) and I am desperately trying to reclaim the inactive >> 'tweetymail' username because it is causing confusion among my users. >> I was not able to get anywhere with Twitter support, but I came across >> this entry in the API FAQ: >> >> >> http://apiwiki.twitter.com/FAQ#HowcanIreclaimaninactiveTwitteraccountformyprojectorapplication >> >> I followed the instructions and emailed usern...@twitter.com. Five >> minutes later, I received two simultaneous emails: 1) An automatic >> notice indicating that support received my request, 2) An automatic >> rejection indicating that Twitter is not releasing inactive usernames >> at this time. >> >> Have any other app developers had success with this process? Is the >> information on the FAQ still valid? Can someone from Twitter provide >> an alternate avenue for app developers to have a request such as this >> heard? >> >> The account I am seeking (http://twitter.com/tweetymail) has never >> tweeted and has been inactive for at least 6 months. >> >> Thank you. > >
