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Erik Moeller

There have been so many "final straws" but I hope that if you still have a personal account on his terrible website, Musk promoting a German political extremist party with literal nazi ties is it. Especially looking at #journalists that for some reason seem to feel like they have to continue to maintain a personal presence there. (I understand that organizations will be the last to go, but individuals - if you have any control at all, delete your :birdsite: account.)

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Erik Moeller

And no, I don't think it's worth going into "protected" mode so nobody claims your profile. I don't reserve accounts on Stormfront, and I don't have to do it on X.

Erik Moeller

Another reason to #DeleteYourAccount on X instead of parking it in protected mode: it makes numbers go down. And unfortunately, many organizations look at follower numbers and think "oh, we still have a huge presence here, we cannot give that up". If you leave X, make it count - literally.

Damon Kiesow

@eloquence Keep your account but delete the tweets and unfollow everyone.

Erik Moeller

@dkiesow For folks really worried about impersonation that might be a good option. But I think it's giving X too much credit to park identities there. It's a trashfire. No need to stick around.

Damon Kiesow

@eloquence Yes but it is my passive aggressive way to gum up the works.

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@eloquence @dkiesow

I'm helping watch over a leftist account with 50k followers. We don't post on the account anymore, and I hate to delete the historical archive of this account's myriad interactions through the years, as that historical record does have value for society. On the other hand, to have this archive providing value to a Nazi is antithetical to our mission. And the whole site is headed for oblivion anyway, it's not sustainable. So it is with corporate things, they all crumble and turn to dust, sooner than later.

@eloquence @dkiesow

I'm helping watch over a leftist account with 50k followers. We don't post on the account anymore, and I hate to delete the historical archive of this account's myriad interactions through the years, as that historical record does have value for society. On the other hand, to have this archive providing value to a Nazi is antithetical to our mission. And the whole site is headed for oblivion anyway, it's not sustainable. So it is with corporate things, they all crumble and turn...

Erik Moeller

@heyjupiter @dkiesow

You might find tinysubversions.com/twitter-ar by @darius useful. I've not tested it, but assuming it still works, it seems like a very straightforward path for hosting an archive.

EmberQuill :v_gf:

@eloquence I deleted my twitter account a while ago, but I ended up registering a new one (with a throwaway name) so I could see age-restricted tweets. Although I use it so rarely by now that I might delete that one too soon.

aetios
@eloquence I don't trust musk to not lie about the numbers, though
Balkingpoints.com

; @eloquence

Most progs on Twitter knew immediately that the site would turn into a RW propaganda mill if Musk bought it. Just what he was claiming before purchase about not needing as much moderation. Aka, the Putin bot farms, trolls and hate speech will be let back on, plus Trump.

Why some progs are posting BAU over there still, no idea except they are clinging to built up followings. Which they need to steer over here.

Erik Moeller

@Balkingpoints

Exactly - and it's a naive understanding of numbers, because many of those "followers" have already paused their accounts or dramatically reduced their usage.

Em :official_verified:

@eloquence With a bit of luck my account and data there is fully deleted by now. But who knows if they even respect their own policies at this point. I can only hope they kept some automated processes.

Regardless, I am very relieved to be out of there. I do not want to have anything to do with this vile platform :birdsite:

Steffen Christensen

@eloquence :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite: :birdsite:

Nthn Flora

@eloquence agree. Finally got rid of mine and feeling better already

Scooter πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ πŸ‡³πŸ‡Ώ

@eloquence Closed mine almost a year ago, and also wouldn't buy a Tesla or Starlink subscription now if you paid me to.

jzakotnik

@eloquence my approach was - delete the app, then remove the link from the browser favorites and after a couple of days you might see that you’re not missing anything. Then delete the account. I’m not going to further support this crazy conspiracy-extremist person.

Xerz! :blobcathearttrans:
@eloquence "European suicide"

so I guess the ADL debacle wasn't just aspirationally Jewish Elon Musk profiting from fascist racism after all huh
#WikiParty

@eloquence Deleting one's account creates the danger of that handle being relaunched by an impersonator. Mere inactivity sends the same signal to advertisers & management.

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