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		kariatx on Sept 19, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Reed Hastings responds to criticisms and announces... Maybe they should have considered who already has the Twitter handle before they settled on the name: http://twitter.com/#!/Qwikster

nosequel on Sept 19, 2011 [–]

When I first checked this account he had 19 followers, now he's 600+. He's going to wake up this morning thinking he's still tripping.

jancona on Sept 19, 2011 | [–]

More likely he'll wake up to find that Twitter has given away his handle.

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