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Tangiest
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How I got my username on nearly every site
Terence, I love how you are throwing it back on others to protect their social media account names from being snatched by people like you.
[Edit] Corrected typo in Terence's name.
edent
on July 17, 2019
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When I started out doing this, I thought it would be a lot harder to grab the names. And I thought it would take several months. Frankly, a month isn't long enough and 48 hours is downright shocking.
homonculus1
on July 17, 2019
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...Then why do you continue doing it?
sieabahlpark
on July 17, 2019
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Because he doesn't want it to happen to him?
piyush_soni
on July 18, 2019
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So if you don't want to get robbed, you rob everyone else in anticipation?
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[Edit] Corrected typo in Terence's name.