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by toyg 4132 days ago
it might have been used for private messages all this time, or for oauth logins.
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Oauth logins possible didn't think of that, not direct messages though as isn't following anyone. After 7+ years I strongly suspect it isn't used for logins either, but could be wrong.
For OAuth purposes, surely the profile can be renamed.