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   Chris Wiegman (chris@mastodon.chriswiegman.com)'s status on Saturday, 09-Nov-2024 05:52:16 JST Chris Wiegman

   If your Twitter account used your real name or business name be very, very careful and re-think deleting it entirely. A dormant account may add to their numbers but someone grabbing your name could do some real damage.
   https://mstdn.social/@Remittancegirl/113447801826461051

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     alpha1beta (alpha1beta@libretweet.com)'s status on Saturday, 09-Nov-2024 06:00:19 JST alpha1beta

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     @chris Best move is to delete all content, squat on the username.

     If you have a website, note in your contact that you are not on Twitter or only username squatting so its not ambiguous.

     Perhaps there could be more done, like hijacking the page with a referrer, if attributed to Twitter, with a modal or a warning saying that you don't have a twitter account and if any account is using your name, they're trying to scam you.

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     Chris Wiegman (chris@mastodon.chriswiegman.com)'s status on Saturday, 09-Nov-2024 06:00:19 JST Chris Wiegman

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     • alpha1beta

     @alpha1beta That’s what I did in 2022 (there are more Chris Wiegman’s, at least one of which would grab the name). I’ve played redirect games but… eh