This is the last day of my Twitter account. I have over 52K followers there, but I can't remain on a platform that pays people like Andrew Tate to post. I do this knowing it significant limits my reach in the academic community, but the standard you walk past is the one you accept.
@thesiswhisperer I have heard advice not to delete our accounts, because someone else can then take over your old username. I've locked mine but am hesitant to delete - with your high follower count, I'm curious as to how you're handling it! :)
(I'm also very happy to keep following your work here!)
@kenjeffery yeah, I've had that advice too. For now it's private and mothballed. Waiting for my archive before I do anything else. I'd love to just delete, but I honestly don't know what the risk is - would there really be any value in someone impersonating me there? I'm a micro celebrity at best, without an easily monetisable audience. And someone would have to build up from scratch so I don't see the point. On the other hand, someone pretending to be me is icky and could cause reputational damage if they decided to be horrible and abusive.

@thesiswhisperer Good points! I think it’s the ick factor that has made me hesitate. And I have far fewer followers.

Although if I were to play a thought experiment, if someone had my same user name on Truth social, how would I feel? I honestly wouldn’t care. So maybe there’s my answer! Cheers