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Can you prove your channel was active and not dead just for squatting?
For what it's worth, I couldn't find any links anywhere on the net (Google, Bing...) to " https://t.me/kissfm ". I've searched for even small Telegram channels I follow, and they all show up in search results.
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Regardless of whether you consider this action just, it is not gaslighting. Gaslighting has a specific definition, and this isn't it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslighting
> manipulating someone so as to make them question their own reality. That's what he did. Telling users it is their own fault that he had to take their names and sell them. You were causing issues, because you did not log in for three months.
Gaslighting involves presenting a false history of things that did not happen. There is real data here that there are a huge number of inactive accounts.
what's the guarantee that tomorrow my private channels will not become public instead and all my personal data will be exposed!? wtf is happening with durov!?!?!
Nothing, they took away usernames which were holded by squatters.
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Then my advice about sticking to a dignified tone and knowing the rules still applies. Happy to have more people sharing but there's a reason HN isn't the same vibe as Reddit.
And there's also a reason lobsters isn't the same vibe as HN.
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I've successfully taken a username from a squatter by reaching out to github support. As long as the user doesn't have active private stuff they might be willing to help you get the username.
That's not an option any more. GitHub used to offer this, but as of about 12 months ago, the policy changed and they will not release a name that is inactive regardless of how long it has been inactive.
At the free level I could see unmodified forks and anything marked private disappearing over time, then culling empty accounts. If I created an account, forked a project, and then left, how many months would need to pass before I'd be surprised that my account hadn't been recycled without my active consent?
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For what it's worth, I couldn't find any links anywhere on the net (Google, Bing...) to " https://t.me/kissfm ". I've searched for even small Telegram channels I follow, and they all show up in search results.
I'm one of the https://kissfm.md developers and the channel @kissfm was supposed to be integrated with this site in the upcoming year.
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I'm one of the https://kissfm.md developers and the channel @kissfm was supposed to be integrated with this site in the upcoming year.
Fair enough! However, if the channel was inactive, I guess it's hard to distinguish an upcoming project with a squatted channel. Maybe contact Telegram?
It happened to channels and groups that were inactive for a long time. Durov did mention this in a message a few months ago that username squatters were becoming a problem. And I was mad at first but it was equally my fault for leaving my public group inactive for more than 10 months, which is probably why the username disappeared. It's a real problem on other social media websites too. For example, a totally inactiv…
My issue is that any external links to my channel now no longer works. Luckily I can update some of the links, but I can't do that with tweets. I'll just have to be better at uploading so this hopefully won't happen again.