If you want to keep your username, the lesson here is to read the T&Cs and comply with them.
And, as I say several times in the blog post, I don't have the right to those combination of letters.
You may not have written the policies, but you can certainly choose when to enforce them. You waited only a week for Soundcloud, even when you knew it was ridiculously short. For linkedin you went and 'politely' asked the active owner to transfer, telling him to his face he didn't have to, and when he refused you still went to check if you could force it by using a ToS.
Don't hide behind the policies, you are making the calls.
And I'm not sure that abusing an unethical system waives you from the morality of your actions.
The only lesson you're giving here is about you. But hey, any publicity is good publicity right? You're enforcing your 'brand' after all. \s
Absolutely. You should never agree to something you haven't read.
I will not believe you if you state that you read the TOS for every site you register on, every program you install.
[2] https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2757465
It’s one thing to say “I’m raising a risk.” It’s another to blame the victim.
These services should publicise their name dispute policies more openly. But, ultimately, they can enforce their private property rights on the usernames they control.
If somebody did that to me, I would be really upset. Therefore, I am not going to do that to somebody else, even if the terms and conditions of the site allow it to happen.
You should listen to your conscience when you "feel guilty" about something.