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Tim Bray Dec 16, 2022

If you’re going to leave Twitter, please don’t
a) delete your account, because someone bad will steal your handle
b) delete your Tweets, because their existence doesn’t help Elon and it’s like burning the Library of Alexandria.

Twitter captures a real-time historical record of a couple of decades and the billions of individuals’ snapshots are irreplaceable.

The thought of all those tweets being erased makes me feel physically sick.

[please pass on if you agree.]

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Taco Dave

@timbray I appreciate your perspective. I’ve personally been crossposting for a few years now and decided to start deleting some of my tweets since most are available elsewhere now, or are themselves cross posted from elsewhere. Twitter foolishness aside, I think it’s important to own your own content if you’re able to. That’s admittedly a privilege take, but it aligns close to my value system.