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by pocksuppet 16 days ago
Never delete an account in protest of not liking a company, when you could instead give it away to a spam operation, which hurts the company even more.
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Or sell it, and pocket some cash for yourself. If this person has a short or otherwise valuable username, they could sell it for possibly thousands or tens of thousands of dollars.
it's my name formatted firstmlast, nine characters long, and I'm not famous. I would absolutely sell it if it wasn't tied to me like that