On the Change Username page, click the "Username" text box and type the new username you'd like to use (it should be less than 15 characters). While you're typing, Twitter will tell you if the ...

Though used interchangeably, your Twitter username and display name are not the same things. Your username is your unique Twitter handle, the name that appears in your profile URL and allows you ...

Twitter claims right to take any username. Twitter's official account was formerly @twitter, but the profile says, "This account is no longer active. Follow @x for updates." ...

Linda Yaccarino decided to change her username on Saturday in support of Twitter's new X branding. However, a troll immediately grabbed her old handle and turned it into a parody account of her.

Twitter claims there’s ‘no evidence’ 200 million leaked usernames and email addresses came from an exploit of its systems. Outside sources said the data is connected to a 2021 vulnerability ...

Twitter’s username squatting policy does not allow the buying and selling of usernames. Despite this rule, people have been able to buy coveted Twitter usernames on the black market for years.

Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino recently underwent a username change on the platform but encountered an unexpected problem when a troll swiftly converted her original handle into a parody account ...

Twitter is purging inactive accounts on its platform, which may free up a number of long-coveted usernames, according to recent tweets by owner Elon Musk.Though Twitter for years has promised to ...

Twitter may be exploring yet another way to increase profits. CEO Elon Musk's latest move is reportedly about selling desirable usernames to the highest bidder. Before his acquisition of the ...

I went to South by Southwest Interactive—the social media version of SXSW—in 2008, and I was hearing about Twitter because, the previous year, there had been screens where anybody that tweeted ...

A Twitter username appears after the “@“ mark and, unlike the profile name, cannot be changed. Twitter contains a huge number of accounts that have been inactive for years, with the usernames ...