Originally Posted by
notquiteaff
As for the actually new twitter handle... gotta wonder why United didn't use the shorter version from the beginning (maybe they had to have it taken away from someone else?) since every letter counts on twitter...
According to
When did you join twitter the united name was created in March of this year.
I would have to assume they bought it from somebody or something, I can't believe the handle UNITED was not used until just a couple months ago. It looks like it was previously used by somebody named Deej, so I don't think it was available before. Wonder how much they made?