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<h1>Username squatting is against the Twitter Rules</h1>
<p style="color: #333333; clear: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px;">Name squatting and "username for sale" accounts will be permanently suspended. Attempts to sell or extort other forms of payment in exchange for usernames will result in account suspension. Accounts that are inactive for more than 6 months may be removed without further notice. Twitter is not currently releasing inactive/squatter accounts unless in cases of infringement.</p>
<p style="color: #333333; clear: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">(Hint: If there are no updates and no profile image on an account or no intent to mislead it typically means there's no infringement.)</span></p>
<p> </p>
<h1>What constitutes user name squatting?</h1>
<p><span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 16px; color: #333333;">Some of the factors that we take into account when investigating name squatting are:</span></p>
<ul style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 36px; margin: 0px;">
<li style="list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 11px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; color: #333333; padding: 0px;">the number of accounts created<br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></li>
<li style="list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 11px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; color: #333333; padding: 0px;">creating accounts for the purpose of preventing others from using those account names<br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></li>
<li style="list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 11px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; color: #333333; padding: 0px;">creating accounts for the purpose of selling those accounts<br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></li>
<li style="list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 11px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; color: #333333; padding: 0px;">using feeds of third-party content to update and maintain accounts under the names of those third parties</li>
</ul>
<div>
<h4 style="color: #555555; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 12px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">Mass account creation and inactive accounts<br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></h4>
<p style="color: #333333; clear: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px;">Mass account creation is a spam violation and is against the <a href="http://help.twitter.com/forums/26257/entries/18311" title="Twitter Rules">Twitter Rules</a>. Accounts created in a serial fashion will be suspended, and usernames will no longer be available.</p>
<h4 style="color: #555555; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 12px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">User names for sale<br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></h4>
<p style="color: #333333; clear: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px;">Selling free usernames is also a violation of the <a href="http://help.twitter.com/forums/26257/entries/18311" title="Twitter Rules">Twitter Rules</a>. If someone has tried to sell you a Twitter username, please let us know.</p>
<h4 style="color: #555555; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 12px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">News feed accounts<br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></h4>
<p style="color: #333333; clear: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px;">While we welcome news feed accounts for third-party content on Twitter, using news feed accounts to hold third-party usernames is considered squatting. If someone is using a news feed to squat on your company's username, you may be entitled to that username; <span style="line-height: normal;">please consult our</span><span style="line-height: normal;"> <a href="http://twitter.zendesk.com/forums/26257/entries/18366">impersonation</a> or <a href="http://twitter.zendesk.com/forums/26257/entries/18367">trademark</a></span><span style="line-height: normal;"> policies for instructions on how to contact us. </span></p>
</div>
<div></div>
<h1>How do I report a squatter?</h1>
<p>If you are reporting a squatter and have no interest in using the name, you can file a Terms of Service support ticket with the username. You an also <a href="http://help.twitter.com/forums/10711/entries/64986" title="How to Report Accounts as spam">report accounts as spam</a> directly from the users' profile page. Please note that except in cases of trademark or copyright infringement, we will not release inactive or squatted usernames.<br /><br />If your case of username squatting involves <span style="line-height: normal;"><a href="http://twitter.zendesk.com/forums/26257/entries/18366">impersonation</a> or <a href="http://twitter.zendesk.com/forums/26257/entries/18367">trademark</a></span>, please consult those policies. Those help pages have additional instructions and information we will need to process your request.</p>
<h1>Username squatting is against the Twitter Rules</h1>
<p style="color: #333333; clear: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px;">Name squatting and "username for sale" accounts will be permanently suspended. Attempts to sell or extort other forms of payment in exchange for usernames will result in account suspension. Accounts that are inactive for more than 6 months may be removed without further notice. Twitter is not currently releasing inactive/squatter accounts unless in cases of infringement.</p>
<p style="color: #333333; clear: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">(Hint: If there are no updates and no profile image on an account or no intent to mislead it typically means there's no infringement.)</span></p>
<p> </p>
<h1>What constitutes user name squatting?</h1>
<p><span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 16px; color: #333333;">Some of the factors that we take into account when investigating name squatting are:</span></p>
<ul style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 36px; margin: 0px;">
<li style="list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 11px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; color: #333333; padding: 0px;">the number of accounts created<br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></li>
<li style="list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 11px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; color: #333333; padding: 0px;">creating accounts for the purpose of preventing others from using those account names<br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></li>
<li style="list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 11px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; color: #333333; padding: 0px;">creating accounts for the purpose of selling those accounts<br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></li>
<li style="list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 11px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; color: #333333; padding: 0px;">using feeds of third-party content to update and maintain accounts under the names of those third parties</li>
</ul>
<div>
<h4 style="color: #555555; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 12px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">Mass account creation and inactive accounts<br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></h4>
<p style="color: #333333; clear: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px;">Mass account creation is a spam violation and is against the <a href="http://help.twitter.com/forums/26257/entries/18311" title="Twitter Rules">Twitter Rules</a>. Accounts created in a serial fashion will be suspended, and usernames will no longer be available.</p>
<h4 style="color: #555555; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 12px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">User names for sale<br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></h4>
<p style="color: #333333; clear: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px;">Selling free usernames is also a violation of the <a href="http://help.twitter.com/forums/26257/entries/18311" title="Twitter Rules">Twitter Rules</a>. If someone has tried to sell you a Twitter username, please let us know.</p>
<h4 style="color: #555555; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 12px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">News feed accounts<br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></h4>
<p style="color: #333333; clear: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px;">While we welcome news feed accounts for third-party content on Twitter, using news feed accounts to hold third-party usernames is considered squatting. If someone is using a news feed to squat on your company's username, you may be entitled to that username; <span style="line-height: normal;">please consult our</span><span style="line-height: normal;"> <a href="http://twitter.zendesk.com/forums/26257/entries/18366">impersonation</a> or <a href="http://twitter.zendesk.com/forums/26257/entries/18367">trademark</a></span><span style="line-height: normal;"> policies for instructions on how to contact us. </span></p>
</div>
<div></div>
<h1>How do I report a squatter?</h1>
<p>If you are reporting a squatter and have no interest in using the name, you can file a Terms of Service support ticket with the username. You an also <a href="http://help.twitter.com/forums/10711/entries/64986" title="How to Report Accounts as spam">report accounts as spam</a> directly from the users' profile page. Please note that except in cases of trademark or copyright infringement, we will not release inactive or squatted usernames.<br /><br />If your case of username squatting involves <span style="line-height: normal;"><a href="http://twitter.zendesk.com/forums/26257/entries/18366">impersonation</a> or <a href="http://twitter.zendesk.com/forums/26257/entries/18367">trademark</a></span>, please consult those policies. Those help pages have additional instructions and information we will need to process your request.</p>
2009-01-14T10:12:23-08:00
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2010-01-26T14:20:08-08:00
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