[trianglem]

I would assume the way Twitter is doing this is deleting inactive accounts and permanently retiring those deleted account names, right?

[nvrspyx]

They plan on releasing the usernames of the deleted accounts for users.

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previously unavailable usernames will start coming up for grabs after the 11 December cut-off - though Twitter said it would be a gradual process, beginning with users outside of the US.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50567751