We don’t have the replacement for AOL either. We have the internet instead. Things evolve.
As for who the “real” @nixcraft is - how would I know it on Twitter ? The intuition is “first come first serve”, but you are one account hijack away from having to explain that actually @nixcraft is not the real one, despite claiming to be so, and actually @latest_nixcraft is the true yourself.
You would probably do so in the other places that people know you own: your website, your email sig, your GitHub account, your HN profile. Same as you are doing right now. (I checked only the HN profile)
With that method, what is the obstacle to adding the domain name after that handle ?
As for who the “real” @nixcraft is - how would I know it on Twitter ? The intuition is “first come first serve”, but you are one account hijack away from having to explain that actually @nixcraft is not the real one, despite claiming to be so, and actually @latest_nixcraft is the true yourself.
You would probably do so in the other places that people know you own: your website, your email sig, your GitHub account, your HN profile. Same as you are doing right now. (I checked only the HN profile)
With that method, what is the obstacle to adding the domain name after that handle ?