One Twitter user has sold his Twitter name @Israel to the state of Israel for six figures, despite Twitter policy stating it prevents username squatting, and has a ban on the sale of accounts.
Early Twitter adopter (he’s in the adult website game) Israel Meléndez bagged a Twitter account under his first name in 2007. He set up the account, which was his second Twitter account, to escape an ex, or so the story goes. Skip to 2010, and the state of Israel puts in an offer to buy the Twitter name.
