Dean PutneyDeactivated my Twitter account. What a weird, bad feeling.
Frauenfelder@dean Thinking of doing the same. i've been having fun watching the dumpster fire, but it's starting to get boring and depressing.
@frauenfelder I drew the line at them reactivating Trump back when they finally kicked him off. To bring him back is to ignore how dangerous he is, all the harm he’s caused. It can only be a move to drive traffic- we know what’s gonna happen this time.
@dean Yeah, it's awful. Did you see this: https://aus.social/@thedragstate/109377827512403023
The Drag State (@[email protected])
Please boost this. If you deactivate/delete your Tw*tter account, your @ handle will be publicly available in 30 days. The chances that you will be impersonated with no recourse is very high! Don’t do it - especially if you had a fairly popular account. To wipe things, deactivate your account, then go to bird site /login and reactivate it. All of your followers will be gone. Now lock the account and let it rot. @semiphemeral is a great tool for wiping data, including DMs. #twittermigration
@frauenfelder I did not, that’s an interesting path. I’m gonna try it. Being impersonated is a concern, even for a little account like mine.
@frauenfelder I was out for a run, thinking about your “tap into the zeitgeist” idea. I don’t want the zeitgeist to be “billionaires can hurt me any way they want, part II”. It feels like right now it’s “we control the internet again”.
@dean I don't remember "tap into the zeitgeist!"
@frauenfelder You're kidding! I think about this all the time. It might be from this: https://www.fastcompany.com/3005636/10-tips-boing-boing-making-online-content-sing
Maybe that was the authors summarizing your point, but it's a real good one.
@dean I don't even remember this lol!