> The only reason I created that account was to prevent cybersquatting over my short-and-simple username
Congratulations, you _are_ the very cybersquatter you feared so much.
Congratulations, you _are_ the very cybersquatter you feared so much.
we use online names as public certificates. we're doomed to this race.
You aren't entitled to a certain username on every service simply because you happened to be the first to register it on one service.