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Post #1073896

2022-11-25 01:01 UTC

"Elon Musk has announced a general amnesty for suspended #Twitter accounts... Accounts suspended on Twitter include Donald Trump’s former adviser Steve Bannon, rightwing UK commentator Katie Hopkins and David Duke, the former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard." I had been hanging on to my account for debugging our script but this is insane. If you continue posting I'm going to assume you are happy with sharing a platform with these people. [Edit: active act. -> posting] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/24/elon-musk-offers-general-amnesty-to-suspended-twitter-accounts

Replies (2)

  • @thebhgg@mathstodon.xyz 2022-11-25 02:11

    @timhutton@mathstodon.xyz, ok fine, for an active definition of “active”. There is a very good reason for large accounts to keep their account “active” in a passive sense. If they delete the account, someone else can register the name and impersonate. (After 30 days? Maybe?) The hard core way to “leave” is to delete all your tweets but *keep* your account.

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  • @vashbandy@zirk.us 2022-11-25 02:25

    @timhutton@mathstodon.xyz I do not like the idea of sharing anything with those people, but I don't think deactivating the account is the best solution, because after 30 days, someone can take over your old name, with all your old tweets, and then start posting white supremacist or Q-Anon stuff on what was your good name. I'm not comfortable with that possibility, and until I know that's not going to happen, I'm leaving my account live but not interacting. Let it sit there dormant.

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