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Ask HN: I have some generic Twitter usernames - what should I do with them?

3 points by bl4k ↗ HN
I have 'query' and 'dir' Twitter usernames. I built a simply query service and attached it to these accounts (not up atm, moving it to another server tonight) but does anybody have a better idea of a good service to build around these accounts?

The service I built only had support for weather queries (ie @query weather <postcode>) with the intention of adding more services. What else could I add along with weather etc?

Willing to listen to any ideas or if anybody wants to work with me on building something more useful at these accounts.

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mh_
im sure your history on HN proves otherwise, but this almost reads like a veiled attempt to sell twitternames you've squatted.
bl4k
No interest in selling them. More interested in building something useful.
petervandijck
Nothing wrong with getting some generic domains, nothing wrong with getting some generic Twitter usernames.
secret
With 'dir' you could build a directory service where users send you a tweet containing another user name and you would return a link to a page with all the info you could find about them. For example: '@dir paulg' would result in me getting a link to a page that contains other public profiles from pg and links to his personal site and YC. Not sure how much of a business this is, but I guess it could be like the yellow pages for twitter.
bl4k
Thanks for this suggestion, I will be building something similar :)