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How to Deactivate Your Twitter Account

6 points by metadat 4y ago

metadat 4y ago
> Sorry to see you go. #GoodBye Farewell.
cratermoon 4y ago
"Once your account is deleted after the 30-day deactivation window, your username will be available for registration by other Twitter accounts." That could lead to problems, btw.
- metadat 4y ago
  Maybe, but Twitter is such a cesspool at this point it's more likely I won't be needing it. There comes a point where one must draw the line. It's each individual's choice to make.
  - yuppie_scum 4y ago
    You just need to follow less assholes I think
    - abudabi123 4y ago
      I recommend the first account to follow be an engineer. In my case a Google engineer. I quit Twitter more than 6 years ago. Now that it is under new management I might try again. I don't know if I deleted my account or just plain stopped. For all the nasty noise directed at Elon M. he has iterated on the design and usage of washrooms in space that accelerate faster than those you find described on the batwing nuclear bomb bomber Google can see departing from the airfield from space.
dontbenebby 4y ago
Why would you deactivate your Twitter account when you could change the username, biography, and photo on your account, then stand poised with a cutesy handle to demand that absolutely none of your followers "dox" you as you start tweeting so hard they will eventually have to close a whole ass Russian consulate? (That's what I did.)
version_five 4y ago
I think twitter has been a big factor in destroying public discourse. I misguidedly created an account many years ago, and deactivated it two years ago. If you hadn't already deactivated it because of how bad twitter is, what is particularly special about now? Is it just as a protest against the new leadership (which I can understand), or is it because you really think there is going to be something materially worse now about twitter?
sn0w_crash 4y ago
The user count is probably going to go up.

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How to Deactivate Your Twitter Account

6 points by metadat 4y ago

metadat 4y ago
> Sorry to see you go. #GoodBye Farewell.
cratermoon 4y ago
"Once your account is deleted after the 30-day deactivation window, your username will be available for registration by other Twitter accounts." That could lead to problems, btw.
- metadat 4y ago
  Maybe, but Twitter is such a cesspool at this point it's more likely I won't be needing it. There comes a point where one must draw the line. It's each individual's choice to make.
  - yuppie_scum 4y ago
    You just need to follow less assholes I think
    - abudabi123 4y ago
      I recommend the first account to follow be an engineer. In my case a Google engineer. I quit Twitter more than 6 years ago. Now that it is under new management I might try again. I don't know if I deleted my account or just plain stopped. For all the nasty noise directed at Elon M. he has iterated on the design and usage of washrooms in space that accelerate faster than those you find described on the batwing nuclear bomb bomber Google can see departing from the airfield from space.
dontbenebby 4y ago
Why would you deactivate your Twitter account when you could change the username, biography, and photo on your account, then stand poised with a cutesy handle to demand that absolutely none of your followers "dox" you as you start tweeting so hard they will eventually have to close a whole ass Russian consulate? (That's what I did.)
version_five 4y ago
I think twitter has been a big factor in destroying public discourse. I misguidedly created an account many years ago, and deactivated it two years ago. If you hadn't already deactivated it because of how bad twitter is, what is particularly special about now? Is it just as a protest against the new leadership (which I can understand), or is it because you really think there is going to be something materially worse now about twitter?
sn0w_crash 4y ago
The user count is probably going to go up.