Free inactive usernames after a time period.
We’re reviewing this. Curious how long you think would be ok.
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DrFell commented
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!
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branden commented
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.
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Johnny McClung commented
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.
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ROMaster2 commented
...what's a username refresh?
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ROMaster2 commented
Accounts that have had heavy activity would probably be best to never allow to be opened. Accounts with moderate activity could be about a year (this happen and you can't go on). Light activity about 6 months, and virtually no activity about 3 months.
Possibly allow account to 'bench' their accounts if they're going away for a while, which would triple the duration of how long until it's freed.
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Nick commented
Anything around 6 months to 1 year would be fair in my opinion.
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Anonymous commented
Any update on the possibility of username refresh? I think it would make some people happy :)
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Matt_Thomas commented
The user should make the username they desire in the first place.
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RamuneGaming commented
If you contact twitch they can do this for you I believe however there might be certain conditions or something not sure. I have def seem people change name without making a new account however.
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Anonymous commented
Users should have the ability to change their username so that they don't have to result in creating a new account so that they may have the username they desire.
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Hendarto Kennely commented
6 months would be enough I guess
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YouTubZ commented
Month or 2
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nIronwolf commented
Since it's all just a database, I'd propose that a Username only gets flagged for expiration if someone tries to sign up and gets a collision. If you have a rare/unique username that there has been no interest in it could avoid being expired.
Extending the expiration could be in 6 month chunks with monthly, then weekly, and perhaps 2 or 3 the last week before the expiration.
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Alex Jordan commented
18 months. Give warnings every month starting at 12 months.
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VaultLink commented
I'd have to say about 2 years with warnings every month from 18-23 months and maybe a warning once a week in the last month.
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jcaspian commented
18 months with an email notice of removal after 1 year. Sounds fair.
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Moblord commented
1 year. Give notice at 10 and 11 months. And clear any remaining Justin names which can't be used.
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Benoit commented
I think it would be a great idea to free unactive name after about a year the user don't connect to his account.
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Matti commented
So here's my idea, after maybe 12 months without logging into the account an email gets sent to that user asking them if they want to keep the account or if you can delete it, if they don't reply at all after a month(?) you delete it anyways.
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Eric Aucoin commented
A year of inactivity should be enough to warrant the deletion of that account and the freeing up of the username attached to said account.