On Jun 24, 10:54 am, Alex Payne <a...@twitter.com> wrote: > Please keep in mind that we keep deleted accounts around for a while, in > case users want to restore their accounts. @yourfavoriteusername might > appear to be available (that is, you get a 404 when you visit it), but that > doesn't mean you'll be able to sign up with it until we've given the > original account holder a fair amount of time to reconsider.
Thanks for the info -- I check username_available, so I don't think it will be an issue. > Handy tool, though! Thanks! :D > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 09:24, sull <sullele...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > nice. > > i've usedhttp://www.changedetect.comfor this in the past. > > will give your service a try. Thanks for the info on changedetect, I hadn't seen it before. > > On Jun 24, 2:22 am, drew <pushespr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I wrote a quick tool to email you when the Twitter name you want is > > > available:http://www.tweettaker.com/ > > > > It seems Twitter currently might not be deleting inactive accounts, > > > but they plan to resume automatically deleting them in the future. > > > > Any feedback is appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > > Drew > > -- > Alex Payne - API Lead, Twitter, Inc.http://twitter.com/al3x
