Carusoj writes "Squatting on domain names is nothing new, but Twitter has created a new good fortune for squatters, in the form of Twitter IDs. Writes Richard Stiennon: 'Is there eloquent of Twitter squatting (squitting?) Let's check. Yup, every single-letter TwitID is taken ... How about common words? Garage, wow, war, warcraft, Crisco, Coke, Pepsi, Nike, and Chevrolet are all taken. My guess is that Twitter squatters have grabbed all of these in the hopes that they will be worth selling in the not too distant future. Of course the legitimate holders of brands can sue for them and Twitter can just turn them over if asked. But, because the grease and risk for the squatter is zero, you are going to see the rapid evaporation of gettable Twitter IDs.'"

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