Rob_B_Rains
GovTrack.usWe've closed up our Twitter account. A platform whose owner uses it to bait violent anti-democratic conspiracy theories and engage in overt anti-semitism is not a place compatible with our mission to inform, create accountability, and improve democracy.
Tradecraft Writing@GovTrack well said
Gawain@GovTrack hat tip.
Esperanto Poodle@GovTrack Thank you for all the work you've done over the years! I've learned a lot about my local politicians thanks to you.
Gaby Goldstein@GovTrack thanks for being here!
Nandor 🏳️🌈@Gabygoldstein @GovTrack Yes! I didn't even know you existed on Twitter, so am happy to read you here.
Sparr
Susan Kraemer@SusanKraemer @GovTrack What are you referring to as "The public square" here?
@sparr Fixed now, thanks for pointing it out. The decision to join this instance was just that it was the fastest to get going, since we can always change instances later.
Maria May, PhD@GovTrack welcome!
hereforasec@GovTrack Omigosh, thank you, thank you! 💙💙💙
Lori S 
Holly
Andi@GovTrack thank you! Welcome!
carodjah!✨at the disco✨@GovTrack props on not giving free content and metric growth to a trash place
MFTech@GovTrack thank you.
Anthony Foster
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
Eric@GovTrack bravo. The right decision. Welcome!
Sean G@GovTrack good for you 💪 Welcome
Karen Froehlich@GovTrack Thank you. Hoping others will follow your example.
Freedom@GovTrack
OMG I heart you.
Btw, you closed out my account ages ago, and I miss the updates on my legislators. Help?
@Freedom2B Send us an email please: [email protected].
JSON BaumgartnerThank you for standing up for decency and your principles. I am seeing a lot of good people migrate away from Twitter / Elon.
Thankfully, all of us still have a community where we can communicate.
FemzForever@GovTrack thank you. I’m going to grab my data and leave.
TeddyBeddy@GovTrack Thank you.
AmericanMe@GovTrack I closed mine when I got this. I don’t have hateful tweets and I could not see the tweet that so offended anyone but I decided to delete the app but not my account. I don’t know or trust whatever is happening so just don’t want to fund him in any way. Give them all the bird. I had to get past these screens and if there was security, I’d trust it. There’s no damn security and it’s a free for all hate generator now. I wish all would leave immediately and shock them all.
JohnPersinos@GovTrack I deactivated my Twitter account yesterday, the moment I saw the news that Elon Musk had reinstated that vile sociopath Donald Trump. Today, I started a Mastodon account. I want no part of the Twitter dumpster fire.
Lyndee@GovTrack Hope you are able to delete your twitter account in such a way that no bad actor can impersonate you now ou're gone there (I forget the details, but sure you can find how)
Phillip Beck@GovTrack Just a note, but within 30 days your Twitter handle is made available for others to use. If you've closed it, then it might be open to misuse in future. A better idea is to delete all content and just let the account fester.
@delimiter We didn't close the account. We just made it private. (You could have checked this yourself with a few seconds of effort.)
@GovTrack It was meant as friendly advice. Nice response.
Tom@GovTrack there is a way to be verified, and that is to post a link to your website here, then link back with the html tag rel=“me”. Its explained further in this article: https://opensource.com/article/22/11/verified-mastodon-website
Martyn John Shrewsbury@GovTrack thank you very valid points..
@GovTrack well done. I've just done the same.
Alex Howard
@digiphile Thanks, fixed now.
PawPaw SwagWell you bait anti conservative mis information so you're exactly the same.
tolortslubor@GovTrack Risk of impersonation; some experts are recommending deactivate the account to dump the follows and followers, then reactivate, make private and inactive forever 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
notchrist@GovTrack say no more(that means i agree with you)👍
JodiL@GovTrack 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
🅅🄴🅃🅁🄴🅂ⒻⓇⓄⓃ'Ⓣ@GovTrack if it were for the nefariousness of the owner, you should also stop tracking the US government 🤭
Larry Garfield@GovTrack Please move to a different server, though. A number of servers are starting to block Mastodon.social as it is nearly unmoderated due to its size. Lots of people simply won't be able to see your posts.
clacke: exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛
JennyStephens52
JFDev@GovTrack responsible choice 👍
Janis@GovTrack Much respect! You nailed it!
Bathsheba BlueThank you. This is the way.
ElDuderino
Felipe 
Mre Unfolding@GovTrack Good for you! Good for us!
osunderdog@GovTrack I'm glad to see you have jumped to mastodon.
Bonnie Schwertner@GovTrack great to see you here.
SAPhillips@GovTrack Following you here!!