*deep breath*
I just checked out my GIPHY page and saw old social links under my profile.
I casually clicked on the Twitter link and saw that my former username was taken by someone who registered the account this month.
I had used Twitter 1.0 for 14 years, had a verified account sometimes quoted in the media. I stopped posting when EM took over, deactivated it and finally deleted the account on Nov 12th.
I didn't think they'd release old usernames so soon. X is officially THE WORST
@_elena We are in a middle of a nasty problem with our ex Twitter account. We tried to login, with correct credentials (from password manager, so no chance to wrongly typing them). X says they need to verify that account, stating having sent a code to the associated email. Our server was never contacted by them (verified using the mail server logs).
@_elena I suspect is a tactic for deactivate disliked accounts. Contacting access-support@x.com resulted in some automated responses.