Comments on: Denny’s major social media fail

By: Leann

Leann — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:08:00 +0000

All I can say is that someone has probably lost their paid position with Denny’s Restaurant and a couple of guys named Denny could cash in if they need a little $. The restaurant could choose to decline but it would be…another fail.

By: Matthew Petro

Matthew Petro — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:01:22 +0000

Funny that people don't realize that usernames can't have spaces, or that @Denny is not @Dennys. Have you gotten pressure from Denny's or Twitter to give up @Denny? They seem to think they can make @Dennys give up his username, so I was wondering if they're thinking about getting your username too. I don't really think they'd have a case to make you give up @Denny, but you never know what companies will try.

By: Matthew Petro

Matthew Petro — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:01:22 +0000

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By: Denny

Denny — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:30:05 +0000

I get a tonne of tweets intended for Denny's, just because people don't think before they use an apostrophe in a username. Mostly people who can't spell in general, it has to be said.

I also get a lot of tweets meant for Denny Hamlin, from people who think usernames can have spaces in them somehow.

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By: Matthew Petro

Matthew Petro — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:01:37 +0000

Good point!

By: benatkin

benatkin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:04:52 +0000

I think I made more of an issue out of it than it really is. It really comes down to whether twitter is focused on building trust with its loyal user base or going after the big brands. It probably makes sense to go after the big brands. But in the case of Denny's, why raise a ruckus if they're going to #fail at making use of the username once they get it, anyway?

By: Matthew Petro

Matthew Petro — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:38:51 +0000

Good point. I guess @Dennys is a little more common of a name than something like @CocaCola.

By: Ben Atkin

Ben Atkin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:55:12 +0000

Well, he signed up on March 2, 2007, and his first name is Dennys. It's not squatting. It would be squatting if he took DennysRestaurants, though.