Yahoo to start reusing inactive usernames.


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I'm watching TWIT from last night, and one of the topics they haven't got to yet but one I saw in the description was Yahoo to start reusing usernames. This was news to me so I googled it and found some articles from June and July.  ..

 

If you got a "Used username" wouldn't this give them instant spam? Something about this doesn't seem like a good idea.

 

Remember the Yahoo! ID you had created to join chatrooms all those years ago? Well, kiss your hot_dude@yahoo.com ID goodbye because Yahoo! is all set to recycle your old, unused ID in order to attract more users.

The mail service will be making IDs that have been lying dormant and unsed for over a year available to the public again, in an attempt to make the flailing mail service attractive to users yet again. In a blog post announcing this recycling project, Senior Vice President, Platforms for Yahoo!, Jay Rossiter writes that the mail service wants to give its loyal users as well as the new folks an opportunity to sign up for the ID they always wanted.

?If you?re like me, you want a Yahoo! ID that?s short, sweet, and memorable like albert@yahoo.com instead of albert9330399@yahoo.com. A Yahoo! ID is not only your email address, it also gives you access to content tailored to your interests ? like sports scores for your favorite teams, weather in your hometown, and news that matters to you,? wrote Rossiter.

 

 

http://tech2.in.com/news/web-services/yahoo-to-free-up-inactive-user-ids-for-reuse/87642

 

Due to how easily it seems yahoo accounts are compromised I wouldn't touch yahoo mail with a 10 ft 20 ft pole.

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Yea I read somewhere you can also pay a nominal amount to reserve up to five user names and you will be informed if/when they become available

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Your link doesnt seem to point to the correct page http://tech2.in.com/news/web-services/yahoo-starts-dishing-out-inactive-email-ids-to-new-users/912228

 

Heres the other article I mentioned http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/26/yahoo_starts_199_watch_list_to_recycle_old_usernames/

 

 

Those that missed the free offer can pay a one-off fee of $1.99 to register the top five usernames they would like to have on a new watch list. If one of the names is freed up, it will be reassigned and the lucky recipient will have 14 days to either change persona or run multiple Yahoo! accounts, but there's no guarantee that anyone's top five will become available.

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I remember msn chat and yahoo, yahoo was the stuff and then they shut down user created chat rooms because of child molesters or something. 

You sir are correct, I remember back in the mid late 90's Cheetachat was the go to client for yahoo chat rooms. Plus companies like Coca Cola and others started pulling their advertising bc of the 12 yo girls only type rooms etc.

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I got an email not too long ago telling me one of my accounts was going to be deleted because I was no longer using it and they were planning on re-issuing it. I really didn't take it serious but I didn't want it so they can do what they want with it.

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I only use my Yahoo account for fantasy sports :laugh: the mailbox goes pretty much unused.

 

Guess this means if I miss a year I might lose the account I have had for 10+, that's meh.

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