3 ms·

I had two accounts (done because at the time I didn’t realize you could change your account handle); one I rarely used and one I used daily. I went to log in to

I had two accounts (done because at the time I didn’t realize you could change your account handle); one I rarely used and one I used daily. I went to log in to the rarely used one and the password didn’t work nor did recovery. It had been hacked. Nothing I did could get it back and Twitter just shrugged and said sucks to be me. So I cancelled the daily use one. Not just because of that mind you. Twitter has become a cesspool anymore and I realized it was making me unhappy more than it was contributing to my life. If, by some miracle I manage to get the other account back I’ll cancel it too.

noitsnot 7y ago
Maybe I'm doing it wrong, but I don't have time to find and filter out decent followers. I signed up back in 2005 and couldn't tell you when it wasn't a cesspool for awful posts and comments.
- EForEndeavour 7y ago
  It depends on how you use Twitter. Using it to keep up with politics or news can quickly lead you to some of the most highly concentrated cesspools of humanity's worst thoughts. There will be abject ignorance or just plain noise among the top replies to pretty much any tweet by The Economist, the New York Times, Barack Obama (actually any politician), ... However, I've found it healthy and helpful to tap into active communities built around certain computer science topics, like machine learning, or "ML Twitter."
- tomjakubowski 7y ago
  Twitter didn't launch until 2006, I thought. —an '07
  - noitsnot 7y ago
    You're right. I verified what my profile displays, so I can correct my signup date as 2008. 10+ years isn't too shabby, though.
OrgNet 7y ago
I also lost access to my first account, but who cares? I also lost my first ICQ account... oh well.