“Ded” Screen Name trick: FDO method

Date November 1998
Founded O0O
Submitted By O0O
Source AOL-Files.com/FDO-Files.com Archive

In late 1998, AOL introduced a new feature which allowed more than one screen name to be a Master sn with account creation/deletion rights. You can make one of these sub-account master sn’s a “ded” sn by signing onto it and going to kw: Names. Once there, using FDO, you can edit the delete sn listbox and put in the current sn you are signed onto, then delete it. Once the sn is deleted you’re account shows up in the system as not being available and can not be emailed along with several other things which will no longer work.