Naoki Hiroshima is the creator of Cocoyon and a developer for Echofon. This post originally appeared on Naoki’s Medium blog and has been republished with permission. Update: PayPal has denied that its ...

Usernames are the lifeblood of most social media accounts, but finding a good one is always a struggle. Unless you created your account years ago, you’re unlikely to get the username you want, and ...

I had a rare Twitter username, @N. Yep, just one letter. I’ve been offered as much as $50,000 for it. People have tried to steal it. Password reset instructions are a regular sight in my email inbox.

I recently decried the “first come, first served” username system that so many digital platforms adopt. In response to my post, a lengthy Hacker News discussion was born, and I spent a Sunday ...