Is it possible to get back a username of the account I deleted?

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Would probably need to message the admin of the instance
Does a username go into a black hole if someone using it deletes their account?
- I was always under the understanding that an account deletion deletes information, I would have thought they could just recreate the user. But I could be mistaken
  
  It might cause federation issues down the road, especially with interactions between different platforms
  
  That is probably intentionally prevented by just soft-deleting the user so links from comments, posts,... to their author aren't lost. Not to mention potential security issues if you could just make a user that previously belonged to someone else. Honestly just isn't worth the headache to allow reuse of usernames.
@TheDude@TheDude@sh.itjust.works need your input on that.
Use KeyOxide and verify proofs of other platforms you have access too and just prooflink your new account.

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