{"id":4171,"date":"2014-01-31T11:00:41","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T19:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/g-liu.com\/blog\/?p=4171"},"modified":"2016-01-29T00:32:32","modified_gmt":"2016-01-29T08:32:32","slug":"an-ode-to-one-letter-twitter-handles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/g-liu.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/an-ode-to-one-letter-twitter-handles\/","title":{"rendered":"An ode to one-letter Twitter handles"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the wake of the news that Naoki Hiroshima, developer for Echofon, had his one-letter Twitter handle (@N) hacked<\/a>, here’s a look at some of the other one-letterers out there.<\/p>\n

Update:<\/strong> Naoki got his Twitter back<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Note: These numbers were last updated\u00a0Jan. 30, 2014.
\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Handle<\/th>\nName<\/th>\nWhat they do<\/th>\nFollowers<\/th>\nFollowing<\/th>\nNumber of tweets<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
a<\/a><\/td>\nAndrei Zmievski<\/td>\nSoftware architect<\/td>\n116K<\/td>\n263<\/td>\n13K<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
b<\/a><\/td>\nBrian Griffing<\/td>\nMusician<\/td>\n41K<\/td>\n169<\/td>\n2.7K<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
c<\/a><\/td>\nColey Cheng<\/td>\nGraphic designer<\/td>\n42.5K<\/td>\n481<\/td>\n4K<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
d<\/a><\/td>\nChange Soon<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n45K<\/td>\n984<\/td>\n5K<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
e<\/a><\/td>\nErin<\/td>\nfrom Santa Cruz, CA<\/td>\n19K<\/td>\n143<\/td>\n1K<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
f<\/a><\/td>\nFred Oliveira<\/td>\nDeveloper<\/td>\n58.6K<\/td>\n404<\/td>\n8.7K<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
g<\/a><\/td>\nGreg Leding<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n44K<\/td>\n97<\/td>\n6K<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
h<\/a><\/td>\nHelgi \u00deorbj\u00f6rnsson<\/td>\nProgrammer<\/td>\n39K<\/td>\n217<\/td>\n10.7K<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
i<\/span><\/td>\n?<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
j<\/a><\/td>\nJuliette Melton<\/td>\nDesign research<\/td>\n46.8K<\/td>\n500<\/td>\n1.6K<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
k<\/a><\/td>\nKevin Cheng<\/td>\nCEO<\/td>\n56.7K<\/td>\n1354<\/td>\n8.6K<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
l<\/a><\/td>\nL. That is all.<\/td>\n[locked account]<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n168<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
m<\/a><\/td>\nMark Douglass<\/td>\nfrom Germany<\/td>\n50.2K<\/td>\n1468<\/td>\n3596<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
n<\/a><\/td>\nNaoki Hiroshima<\/td>\nCreator of Cocoyon<\/td>\n37K<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n16K<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
o<\/a><\/td>\nOverstock.com<\/td>\nAmerican online retailer<\/td>\n18K<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
p<\/a><\/td>\npaolo i.<\/td>\n“things never happened…”<\/td>\n31.4K<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n388<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
q<\/a><\/td>\nAriel Raunstein<\/td>\nPotential organ donor<\/td>\n22K<\/td>\n274<\/td>\n1.5K<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
r<\/a><\/td>\nRex Hammock<\/td>\nCEO, Hammock<\/td>\n40.6K<\/td>\n1904<\/td>\n16.8K<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
s<\/a><\/td>\nScience!<\/td>\nScience feed<\/td>\n67.8K<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n276<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
t<\/a><\/td>\nTantek \u00c7elik<\/td>\nCofounder, microformats<\/td>\n68K<\/td>\n1104<\/td>\n7.3K<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
u<\/a><\/td>\n?<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n33.6K<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1.7K<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
v<\/a><\/td>\nv<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n31.5K<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
w<\/a><\/td>\nWalter<\/td>\nexec producer of my life<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n236<\/td>\n273<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
x<\/a><\/td>\ngene x<\/td>\nPhotographer<\/td>\n23.3K<\/td>\n420<\/td>\n15.5K<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
y<\/a><\/td>\nreY<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n22.3K<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n81<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
z<\/a><\/td>\nZach Brock<\/td>\nEngineer, Square<\/td>\n33.6K<\/td>\n300<\/td>\n5.3K<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

These one-name Twitter accounts are, to say the least, hot property. The former owner of @n<\/a>, had reportedly been offered up to $50,000<\/a> for the username, offers which he refused.<\/p>\n

And for good measure, here are the single-number Twitter accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Handle<\/th>\nName<\/th>\nWhat they do<\/th>\nFollowers<\/th>\nFollowing<\/th>\nNumber of tweets<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
0<\/a><\/td>\nSuccess &\u00a0Motivation<\/td>\n“No excuses”<\/td>\n166K<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n5.4K<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/a><\/td>\n1<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n45.5K<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n127<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/a><\/td>\n2<\/sup>2<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n17.6K<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/a><\/td>\nBlair<\/td>\nIs it Friday yet?<\/td>\n21.3K<\/td>\n180<\/td>\n1.9K<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/a><\/td>\nFlight of Bumblebees<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/a><\/td>\nn<\/td>\n[CA HK BJ]<\/td>\n15.6K<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/a><\/td>\nAdri\u00e1n Lamo<\/td>\nThreat analyst<\/td>\n24.4K<\/td>\n982<\/td>\n2K<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/a><\/td>\n?<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/span><\/td>\n?<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Also worthy to note, Dave Rutledge @_<\/a> not only has a uni-character handle, his wife is @__<\/a> and son is @___<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the wake of the news that Naoki Hiroshima, developer for Echofon, had his one-letter Twitter handle (@N) hacked, here’s a look at some of the other one-letterers out there. Update: Naoki got his Twitter back. Note: These numbers were last updated\u00a0Jan. 30, 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[14,25,87],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Zt3y-15h","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/g-liu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4171"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/g-liu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/g-liu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g-liu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g-liu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4171"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/g-liu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5585,"href":"https:\/\/g-liu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4171\/revisions\/5585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/g-liu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g-liu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g-liu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}