Taylor,

Are there still usernames left in the Twitter system that are longer
than 15 characters? Is the historical maximum 20?


On May 3, 10:29 am, Taylor Singletary <taylorsinglet...@twitter.com>
wrote:
> Hi Arnaud,
>
> As you guessed, historically, there was a time when Twitter screen names
> were longer than 15 characters, though that's no longer the case.
>
> Taylor
>
> On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 6:26 AM, Arnaud Meunier <
>
> arnaud.meun...@twitoaster.com> wrote:
> > Enjoying a free Saturday afternoon, I was playing with @Anywhere and I
> > noticed something quite strange related to Twitter Usernames. The
> > @Anywhere documentation says "A Twitter screen name is an '@' symbol
> > followed by 1 to 20 alphanumeric characters, including underscores"
>
> > The problem is… I thought a Twitter Username could not exceed 15
> > characters? Try to create / change your username to something longer
> > than 15 chars: you can’t. But @Anywhere JS is still trying to add
> > Hovercards to these strings (@15+ chars) that cannot match any Twitter
> > User.
>
> > Is it a bug? A confusion with “Real Names”? A necessity because of a
> > previous policy (can’t remember if you could create 15+ chars
> > Usernames in the past)? Or do you plan to allow usernames longer than
> > 15 chars in a near future?
>
> > Was just wondering :)

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