To whom it may concern at Snapchat,
My name is Joshua “Joshie” Sullivan, and I have owned JoshiesWorld since August 7, 2007. I am writing an open/public letter to Snapchat, also known as Snapchat Inc. For over a decade, I have been dealing with Snapchat’s stubborn refusal to hand over the username JoshiesWorld to me, as I have been its rightful owner since August 7, 2007. I am still very disappointed with Snapchat, and I’m tired of their repeated excuse that usernames are first-come, first-served. It’s understandable if the name isn’t taken, but not if someone else already owns it. It’s not a personal, private, cool name; it’s a business and brand name. I’ve sent documents proving I’ve owned JoshiesWorld since August 7, 2007. The person who registered under my identity brand name without my permission hasn’t been active for over a decade. That person wrongfully registered an account using my brand, JoshiesWorld, as a username, used it for a few minutes, then logged out and hasn’t returned in over a decade. Snapchat needs to do the right thing, and it makes no sense to keep an inactive, registered username when the rightful owner is more active. Additionally, my use would generate more business than an inactive user. Even though I have a Snapchat account, TheJoshiesWorld, I registered that name temporarily until Snapchat transfers the name JoshiesWorld to me as the rightful owner by changing my temporary username, TheJoshiesWorld, to JoshiesWorld.
I own the JoshiesWorld name on all major social media platforms (most are verified), and Snapchat is the only one I don’t control. As a result, Snapchat risks harming my brand identity by allowing someone who isn’t entitled to that name to use the platform. If that person had been active, Snapchat would have allowed that imposter to ruin my reputation, identity, brand, business, and credibility because they used the name I own and could have misrepresented me/my business, which would have impaired my identity and brand (as a Deaf and disabled content creator). It’s not right, Snapchat! As I said, I have a Snapchat account. I have refrained from posting anything for several years now to minimize confusion among readers, viewers, followers, family members, friends, and others. Plus, how can I use Snapchat when they continue doing this to me for over a decade? This is a problem because many are being misled into thinking that the JoshiesWorld Snapchat account is under my control, but it isn’t. It’s registered to an imposter who hasn’t been active in years. It’s bad enough that where it’s misleading people into assuming that the JoshiesWorld account is an official JoshiesWorld account when it isn’t as it is registered to the wrong person who has no right to my identity brand name, JoshiesWorld, and at no fault of my followers, through Snapchat I am losing followers, and business which is very hard for a content creator who is Deaf, and disabled to be able to get these followers or businesses because if you ask any Deaf or disabled content creators, they will tell you that they have to work 3-4 times harder to be able to get followers or businesses than a content creator who isn’t Deaf or disabled. So imagine followers and companies going to someone (who has been inactive for years) who wrongfully registered the name of my identity brand, assuming it is an official JoshiesWorld account. As a Deaf and disabled content creator, I have to work three to four times harder to gain followers and attract businesses. Still, I am losing them because Snapchat lets someone inactive, registered under the name JoshiesWorld, that doesn’t belong to me, take them.
This will be one of hundreds, if not thousands, of times I have asked Snapchat to do the right thing by handing over the username JoshiesWorld to me, as the rightful owner. So, Snapchat, please, after many times over the past decade, finally hand over the username JoshiesWorld. To do so, please change my temporary Snapchat name from TheJoshiesWorld to JoshiesWorld. How many more times do I have to beg you, Snapchat, to do the right thing and hand over the name JoshiesWorld to me (by changing my temporary Snapchat account, TheJoshiesWorld, to JoshiesWorld), please? Another decade? Please don’t let that be. In doing so, you will have an active account named JoshiesWorld, which belongs to me, the rightful owner, not to someone who has no right to the name JoshiesWorld and has been inactive for years. It is an abandoned account. Therefore, Snapchat will receive nothing from that wrongly registered, inactive account. In contrast, Snapchat may receive some business from me/JoshiesWorld, the rightful owner of the name JoshiesWorld, who will be active, running ad campaigns, paying for subscriptions, and the like. It has no benefit to Snapchat whatsoever to hold the username hostage, while I have a lot to lose, and if Snapchat finally realizes this, it would benefit them (both of us, actually) by handing the username JoshiesWorld over to me because I think it would be better to have an active user than an inactive user who never will return to that account. Right, Snapchat?!
If any of you who work at Snapchat come across this open letter, please bring it to their attention. Alternatively, if you work at Snapchat and have the necessary privileges, I’d greatly appreciate it if you could help me resolve this decade-long issue by transferring the username JoshiesWorld to me. If you don’t work at Snapchat but know someone who does, please pass this along. To facilitate this, I’d like to ask that my temporary username, TheJoshiesWorld, be changed to JoshiesWorld.
Readers, viewers, followers, supporters, fans, family, friends, acquaintances, and so on. From the bottom of my heart, I apologize for the confusion over the years, which led you to follow an account named JoshiesWorld, thinking it was managed by me/JoshiesWorld, when in fact it was not, thanks to Snapchat. I apologize to any businesses that have attempted to reach out, hoping to do business or collaborate, by messaging the JoshiesWorld account, which is registered to an inactive person who has no right to the JoshiesWorld name. If you’d like to help, please share this open letter and/or tag Snapchat in the comments on social media platforms where you share it to get their attention. Thank you so much!
If you would like to contact me, you can do so in a few ways. Here is my contact information:
Contact JoshiesWorld: https://www.joshiesworld.com/contact/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JoshiesWorld/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JoshiesWorld/
LinkedIn company, JoshiesWorld: https://www.linkedin.com/company/JoshiesWorld/
If you prefer to contact me on other social media platforms not listed above, please visit this link to view the rest of JoshiesWorld’s social media accounts. https://www.joshiesworld.com/contact/social/
To learn more about JoshiesWorld and me, visit JoshiesWorld’s About page: https://www.joshiesworld.com/about/ and learn more about me as a founder at JoshuaBSullivan.com.
Thank you for taking the time to read this. I hope that you have a wonderful day.
Joshua “Joshie” Sullivan.
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