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Darius Kazemi

Ok I'm deleting later this week

11 Dec 2022 at 23:04 | Open on friend.camp
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steve

@darius rad, that is a legit move

11 Dec 2022 at 23:06 | Open on kolektiva.social
pine "two cats" trees

@darius send a tweet for me, let it say "if you are reading this, you're supporting a fascist right now. log off" or similar verbiage

11 Dec 2022 at 23:11 | Open on mspsocial.net
Aaron Huslage

@darius I left a couple of weeks ago and really don’t miss it.

11 Dec 2022 at 23:14 | Open on social.huslage.com
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)oshua

@darius just did it!🙏

12 Dec 2022 at 0:48 | Open on mastodon.social
weeaboo slayer 🐈‍⬛🤏🏾

@darius heck yeahhhhhh. it was a good run

12 Dec 2022 at 3:45 | Open on catt.wtf
Alexander Cobleigh

@darius i almost impulsively did it today while making lunch, but realized i wanted to have a think first lol

but probably joining ya this week as well

12 Dec 2022 at 22:28 | Open on merveilles.town
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Darius Kazemi

As I said elsewhere in this thread re: "what if someone takes your old username and impersonates you?"

I've given this a lot of thought and I've realized that it's important for me to not dignify Twitter as a canonical namespace. Let a million impersonators bloom and let Twitter become as canonical as clownpenis.fart/tinysubversions

13 Dec 2022 at 5:16 | Open on friend.camp
Man Bartlett

@darius been thinking a lot about this lately and what to do, as my old handle there (@man) could easily become…..very bad. but it’s becoming increasingly clear i’m just squatting in a kingdom of ashes

13 Dec 2022 at 5:20 | Open on zirk.us
Chuck Jordan

@darius wait if you’re not clownpenis.fart/tinysubversions, who have I been sending all this Venmo money to?

13 Dec 2022 at 5:21 | Open on idlethumbs.social
Darius Kazemi

@SasquatcherGeneral my farting clown penis doppelganger, clearly!

13 Dec 2022 at 5:30 | Open on friend.camp
MarkJurva

@darius The decision I made is to deactivate my account. It doesn't permanently delete until 30 days later. I am checking in every 2-3 weeks and then deactivating. It is interesting after being off of it for nearly a month. I recently checked in. It's odd and uncomfortable. There are things trending there that are somehow boosted in my algorithm trend that I have absolutely no interest in; and I do not see these "trends" percolating out to the real world. It really is an artificial trend bubble.

13 Dec 2022 at 5:23 | Open on zirk.us
vruz

@darius I disagree,
This is a moral decision, not one based on what's practical or technically convenient, or the most useful.

You can keep your username and leave your profile completely empty and locked so that nobody steals your identity, nobody links to anything you said, and you don't dignify anything with that.

It's okay for people to use whatever advantage they can gain from their oppressors.

But to each their own, everybody is free to make their own decisions.

@darius I disagree,
This is a moral decision, not one based on what's practical or technically convenient, or the most useful.

You can keep your username and leave your profile completely empty and locked so that nobody steals your identity, nobody links to anything you said, and you don't dignify anything with that.

13 Dec 2022 at 5:23 | Open on mastodon.social
Darius Kazemi

@vruz you will notice that I said "it's important for me". Anyone else can do as they please. I am speaking from my experience and in fact was very careful to word my statement in a non prescriptive manner.

13 Dec 2022 at 5:29 | Open on friend.camp
vruz

@darius That's true.

I also explained why your logic seems completely flawed to me.

And I also said "To each their own".

13 Dec 2022 at 5:30 | Open on mastodon.social
Heather :chickadee:

@darius This is a good way to look at it! ^^

I think it's harder for a lot of folks who have included their Twitter handle in all the media/content they've created over the past few years. So disengaging from an old username isn't as simple for them. :\

13 Dec 2022 at 5:34 | Open on comicscamp.club
Darius Kazemi

@Rheall I object to "isn't as simple for them" because I also did this for ten years of stuff I've made. Totally understand that it's hard though and not for everyone!

13 Dec 2022 at 5:35 | Open on friend.camp
Heather :chickadee:

@darius That is absolutely fair! ☺️

13 Dec 2022 at 5:36 | Open on comicscamp.club
Nate Franzen

@darius in all my years of reading twitter, I've written nothing. But I still feel like retaining the tag, idk.

Here in the fediverse I might write something.

13 Dec 2022 at 5:50 | Open on mstdn.social
bird

@darius As someone with a reasonably substantial but deactivated account I've been thinking what to do about it. This is a useful perspective, so thanks.

13 Dec 2022 at 9:19 | Open on tilde.zone
Ramsey Nasser

@darius this makes a lot of sense. I just stopped engaging in the platform and posting since he announced his intent to purchase, but I have been hesitant about deleting my account because of breaking links. but maybe I should accept that those links are effectively broken already...

13 Dec 2022 at 14:59 | Open on merveilles.town
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