I would say after 1 year of no activity let it go. Clearly the person doesn't have any vested interest in the site and if they really want to get back on, they can make a new one. I would really like my name without the number at the end, but someone with only 1 follower and no content has it taken.

After 1 year of inactivity + 1 month per each month account was active. Example. Account was inactive for a year, but during it's activity it went online during period of 36 months. Which means that after 1 year + 36 months of inactivity, account name should be open for request. Something similar is in place in League Of Legends, where I actually acquired account I wanted. It was inactive since 2013, there was 1 year of inactivity grace, plus 1 month per account level (max 30). I was able to acquire it two months ago.. I think that this is fair. Basically if you are active enough, no one will be able to steal your account name, but if you don't login for 4, 5 years, sorry bro.. Ps. I also need one account to become available as it's inactive for yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeears

I agree with the last two comments. After 6 months, an email could be sent warning another month of inactivity would result in deletion of that account.

I second Reptiilraisk's suggestion

6 months to keep user active and another 3-6 months to keep user reactivateable for registered email

6 months to keep user active and another 3-6 months to keep user reactivateable for registered email seems reasonable. lots of longtime channels will drop MAD follower count.

I think 30 days like all sites that does delete account

6 months will be reasonable

2 years

1year+

5-7+ years seems reasonable. I made an account with a throw away email and password in the early days and i was never able to recover it.

Please release deleted channels/names and old Justin.TV accounts, please and make them available for re-use!

There is one channel that is inactive for nearly about 6 years now! It got created in the early days of justin.tv and I would totally appreciate it to get it. (twitch.tv/nimolo)

1 year+
because it would be confusing if the name of someone who was once an active streamer's name got picked up by a new streamer after just 6 months of inactivity.

Xangold, theres been an account i have been waiting to free up for 2 years! the guy has no followers and no information it was an old justin.tv account. I would love for this to be a feature sometime soon.

It would be best to delete the account after 4-6 months, so people who want a username taken by someone not using the account don't have to wait a year for the name to be freed up. This would be great, because this guy took my main username, and no one would know it's me if I choose something else. There are also no ways to remake "Supercojo" either. Also, if the person was just taking a break, they would get an email once a week in the 4-6th month stating their inactivity and potential account deletion, so someone taking a break wouldn't just lose their account for taking a break. I, and many others would be very grateful if this went into effect soon, and if the current number of months of inactivity applies when this goes into effect!

6 months to 1 year inactivity with warnings of course giving them a month or two in which they could login and let the world know they still exist or care.

I think 6 months with a notification one month in advance and on the final day it would expire. I am waiting for some of the old unused name(s) to be re-released. However, I would want the ability to change my current name to one of the old ones. I'd rather not let my months of subscriptions go back to 0 on a new account. However, having the name you want is better than nothing.

Please make it happen.

Pls make it harder for other people to copy my username. they just replace one of the "l"' in my name with a large "i" and it is really annoying. why would you even impersonate another human being without their permission? thats such a retarded thing to do!
im not alone with this problem, pls fix.

Please release the old Justin.tv user names. I have a really old acount on Justin.tv that is under a old gmail account that got hacked by someone in China(Because the secret question is in Chinese) and i cant get access to the account to retrieve the password. Google hasn't been any help either. So please delete the old user names that have been inactive for a very long time so many of us can get the names we had before back. I'm sure there are other people that have had some kind of issue like this with an old unassailable email account. Also, I think anywhere between 6 months to 1 year inactivity would be grounds for the account being abandoned.

I just went to create a twitch account only to find out the name I wanted is an old Justin.tv account. Then I find out that Justin.tv has been shut down, the accounts deleted and the usernames locked. I just don't understand this. If the accounts were actively deleted after a certain date, why are the usernames locked in limbo? Please release these usernames.