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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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@timbray I felt that way at first, too, before ultimately deciding to fully deactivate my account. But before ending it, I requested the archive and saved it, in case someone would ever want to pore through those tweets. 😂 Nobody ever will, but I'm glad they're saved anyway. I'm also glad to no longer be associated with that platform. Felt those were my thoughts, and didn't want Musk to have them.