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rtp on March 11, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: So you think you own your Twitter name?

Just because it is within the rights of Twitter to be a dick doesn't mean that it _should_ be a dick, and from where I am standing, Twitter is currently acting like a dick.

janewilson90 on March 11, 2011 | [–]

Twitter and the person who stole the username. The original girlgeeks even helped them set up and knows them.

Vivtek on March 11, 2011 | | [–]

Ouch, that's a lot worse than somebody independently registering a trademark as an organization and then getting the name from Twitter.

dmoo on March 11, 2011 | [–]

exactly: legal != moral

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