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		shard on Sept 2, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bibliogram, Open-source front-end for Instagram, i... I am guessing that the $2M is from selling the usernames? Are the buyers individuals who want a good username, or bot farms who just need a large number of accounts?

prvit on Sept 2, 2022 [–]

Buyers are individuals who want good usernames. People will pay like $5k for any random 2 character username. I've sold words for 50.

shard on Sept 2, 2022 | [–]

Interesting. Where does one go to buy usernames for social networks?

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