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.]

@timbray Archiving might be a good thought at this time.

Dormant accounts may be deleted.

@AndrewWitham @timbray

Indeed, and the Wayback Machine has an import for Twitter archives:

https://help.archive.org/help/how-to-archive-your-tweets-with-the-wayback-machine/

How to archive your Tweets with the Wayback Machine – Internet Archive Help Center

@tjcrowdertech @AndrewWitham @timbray Thank you I didn't know they had this option. The internet archive is our time's library of Alexandria, and the right place for this!