Twitter user Cheri Thomas of Los Gatos, California is a huge Disney fan. This is why she registered the @disney account on Twitter first as she was an early adopter. However Twitter gave that user name to the real Disney company according to TheDisneyBlog.com. It is pretty rare to hear about Twitter taking user names away from their users, but it could happen as explained by the company’s terms of use. My guess is that Thomas will be less of a Disney fan now. [TheDisneyBlog]

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