Friendly and Accessible Nicknames - Avoid Risqué Names

If you would much prefer to use a nickname rather than your name or your company or domain name, be sure to choose a username that is friendly and accessible.

On Twitter, you want people to respond to you, not be put off by a risqué or otherwise questionable usernames. I have seen some very questionable usernames on Twitter.

If you run into your Twitter pals at networking events or other real-life social situations, you may wish to make sure that you do not mind having your username written on your name tag or shouted out in a greeting.

Frustrating Thing About Twitter When it Comes to Selecting a Handle

The frustrating thing about so many usernames being taken on Twitter is that while new accounts are having to add numbers and underscores, most of the time the name they want is just a ghost account from 2006 with 0 tweets. I wish Twitter would have some type of policy for releasing the names of unused accounts.