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Your display name –– referred to as name –– is a personal identifier on Twitter and is separate from your username.
I have just lost access to my standing Twitter account because I was required to enter my password and then the bot did not recognize my account. My user name is @***** but Twitter thinks I am @***** I cannot fix this Why can Twitter not recognize the account I have had for years as @*****. I have just lost 70+ followers and the list of 70+ people I am following and am attempting to start over again as @***** But I am NOT happy!
Could you please also specify, if you were signed out of your twitter account?
Yes I was signed out and when I tried to sign in today I was required to enter my Google password and when I entered it I was told I had the wrong user name and/or the wrong email.
I see
As you are unable to log in with your username and password, please take the following steps:
It is still addressing me as @*****
I am NOT @***** I can get into my account with this user name, but I dont have any of my followers or my list of people I am following. I am basically having to start all over. What I want to change is my user name
It seems, that your account is hacked or compromised.
Please, contact Twitter by submitting a Support Request https://help.twitter.com/en/forms/account-access/regain-access/hacked-or-compromised in order to recover your account
Also, be sure to use the email address you associated with the hacked/compromised Twitter account
Actually Twitter has thought I was @*****for quite a while, because every now and then I would get an email addressed to that user name. But I have been successfully using Twitter as @***** for quite a while, and using it successfully within the last week. The only difference is that today when I clicked on Twitter it asked me to enter my password instead of simply taking me directly to my home page.
Oh, I see
So in fact, you have access to your account, correct?
Correct, but I am having to start all over because my profile, my recent tweets, my followers and my "followees" are ALL GONE
I see the point
As I can see, Twitter occasionally resets accounts if it considers them compromised. It means, it can erase the followers number, your direct messages and etc
OK thanks
Is there anything else, I can do for you, *****?
no
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