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Given how often this happens with Twitter, Facebook and ever other Corp-owned namespace the more I appreciate the clear ownership status afforded by DNS, despite it's many flaws.

It's also why I put my domain on my business card but not my Twitter, all it'd take is an account hack and some spam or a backhander from some firm and it would't be mind anymore with no recourse whatsoever.

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Linking to your twitter profile as a "url" is something I've never understood. I'll see really awesome web sites, want to see what else the person has done and I have to go through the extra clicks of first going to a twitter profile, then to the site.

Granted, it's one extra click, but I'm not particularly interested in your timeline of tweets. I want to see your work.

Twitter on business cards is mostly as a form of connection (same as an email address). For many people it's a dumb idea, but in some circles (a good example being tech marketing) it can be useful. If someone who actively uses twitter follows you, and you're an active user too, it's a constant reminder that they know you, and they won't forget who you are.

In the example you gave (and it was a very good one, it makes sense), wouldn't it be more prudent to link to a github profile or something otherwise reduces the layers necessary to obtain access to what makes you relevant to the viewer's interests?

A tech marketer with a github profile?

It's a great point you bring up. When using a static business card, you can always put a link to a dynamic site that updates your presences online, like you do with something like flavors.me and all the similar services.

I wonder if my very general Twitter handle is a boon or a risk.

Wouldn't using an external service also put you in the same risk? Or was that what you said too, but just mentioned the service as an example?

Isn't the best option to have the domain you control list all the details you want, including the social stuff?

Would you react better if a business or an individual has a specific owned domain as a handle?

As a software oriented business and/or person, isn't using anything but a unique domain considered less professional?

On DNS, if you squat on someone else's trademark, ICANN will give it to its rightful owner.

The only difference is cost and delay. That is to say, due process don't come cheap. On Twitter, the seizure happens instantly and no one pays legal fees. Within ICANN arbitration, it can get bloody.

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