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Getting tagged by friends and family should factor in somehow. Even if the wife wasn't logging in, people following her were getting content and the people tagger her were keeping their photos organized.

That outdated info and impossible to get inactive username anymore since 2011.

I personally know someone who acquired an inactive username within the last year. You might need connections: this individual used to work at Twitter.

You definitely need connections.

It's not true. I've lost a Twitter handle (@houselogic) that was active. Twitter support got me trapped in support ticket hell. They kept asking me to submit ticket after ticket.

If true, you should publish the details. That would be completely unacceptable, generate a shitstorm, and likely get someone fired.

https://support.twitter.com/forms/general?subtopic=inactive_...