Did you delete your twitter account?

[ColinC]

58 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	Yes
	13 (22%)
	No and I have no plans to delete it.
	18 (31%)
	Not yet, but I plan to.
	3 (5%)
	Something else (please state below)
	2 (3%)
	I never had a twitter account and never will.
	21 (36%)
	I never had a twitter account but plan on making one.
	1 (2%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[Initech]

1. No I'm still planning to fight the bullshit!

[CaptainTruth]

2. I'm with you on that!

[Initech]

9. Yeah if we cave, they win!

Fuck that shit, I am ready to throw down to fight fascist bullshit!

[Lucinda]

4. ❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️

[revmclaren]

7. I'm with you.

[BillyBobBrilliant]

3. I think I signed up for one

Years ago. But I have never been interested in using it.

[brooklynite]

5. Not sure why people keep asking.

[ColinC]

6. It just keeps getting worse

[brooklynite]

10. As previously stated, I've muted the RW voices.

Still able to follow the responsible accounts without any interference.

[ColinC]

12. At this point it becomes an issue of funding right wing extremism

As well as perpetuating misinformation within left wing circles which are usually left unchecked and reshared due to confirmation bias.

[brooklynite]

13. I'm not responding to any of the ads so I'm not funding him.

[ColinC]

14. And as long as you don't share posts without fact checking them constantly

I’m sure you aren’t contributing to disinformation either

[Laura PourMeADrink]

8. How do you delete a Twitter account?

[ColinC]

11. You deactivate it, then wait thirty days without logging in

And it will be deleted along with all information associated with it.

Open the official Twitter app on your iPhone or iPad (or head to twitter.com)
Tap your profile picture – or swipe from left to right
Choose Settings and Support then Settings and privacy
Now tap Your account at the top
At the bottom, choose Deactivate your account
Choose a Reactivation period (30 days or 12 months)
Read the disclaimers, tap Deactivate
Enter your password and follow the prompts to delete your account

https://9to5mac.com/2022/10/31/delete-twitter-account-iphone/

A fail safe would be to create a random password that you can copy and paste and change your password before deleting it. This will prevent you from being able to log in impulsively before the 30 days are over.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

19. Thanks so much for that. I had looked before and didnt

See it as an option. I *think* if you do that all your followers get dropped. I have to figure out if I care about that or not first.

[mercuryblues]

15. Yes

With ll the firings, I am pretty sure that that the site is no longer secure.

[Ms. Toad]

16. I have joined Post. (Post.news)

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I rarely interact with twitter (aside from following links from here). My last two interactions there were August and November. But it is sometimes handy to have a login, so I'll delete my (former) work account but keep my personal one.

Post. so far looks to be an interesting place. The interface is pretty and relatively easy to use. Lots of people are posting photos - so there's that visual appeal, as well. It is not accessible by default, but there are calls to make it more accessible - and the site owners have been pretty responsive to user requests (it's in beta right now). It is ultimately more likely to be accessible than Mastadon since it there is a single set of rules (rather than each server creating their own), and it doesn't have the complexity of multiple servers - which makes it more accessible from a technological standpoint.

About 2 weeks ago they let everyone on the waiting list in - not sure what the status is now - but the waits have been short.

ETA: My former work account has been deactivated - so I've contributed one account to anyone tracking the number of deactivations.

[rogue emissary]

17. Only reason I've kept it running is I'm watching a replacement project.

Keep an eye on


https://spoutible.com/

Christopher Bouzy is associated with it.

Link to tweet

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Link to tweet

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Link to tweet

?cxt=HHwWhICwtde_u7wsAAAA

[sdfernando]

18. Can't delete what I never had. /nt

[Emrys]

20. How about if you don't want anything to do with Twitter, you just go right on and do that?

And good luck to you.

Others will make their own decisions, and continually nagging and asking are unlikely to change their minds.

[Maru Kitteh]

21. Yes. I deleted. I will not be an asset to that piece of garbage. nt

[Backseat Driver]

22. I logged out of my second attempt at keeping an account, but think I won't ever remember

my password to get back in, LOL! They suspended my first account for some reason...guess I never actually tweeted and/or thought I was either a bot or troll??? No twit here!

[Genki Hikari]

23. I'd do it

But I can't remember the password and I don't dare email them to reset it. Who knows what filth they'd infect my computer with now?

I only had the account as a study group contact point back when I took some college classes to freshen up my knowledge base/get back in the academic swing of things for grad school. Cancer sorta derailed the grad school plans, and the medical bills pretty much eradicated what I'd planned to use for tuition. So I had a lot more on my mind for a while there than accessing Twitter or erasing an account I no longer needed.

...Still want to get that MS, even if I'm too old now to do anything with it.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

24. yes, sadly. Elon's "pronoun tweet" was a step too far

[ColinC]

25. After I learned that he used his platform to bully a former employee

With conspiracy theories that he’s a child molester because he is gay, so much that the man had to relocate his family: I will never associate myself with anything that I know that piece of shit owns.

[Takket]

26. my account still exists but i've been logged out since the day musk took over

i am (foolishly) hopeful that someday the scumbag will cut his losses and leave and i can turn my account back on.