Elena Rossini ⁂
*deep breath*
I just checked out my GIPHY page and saw old social links under my profile.
I casually clicked on the Twitter link and saw that my former username was taken by someone who registered the account this month.
I had used Twitter 1.0 for 14 years, had a verified account sometimes quoted in the media. I stopped posting when EM took over, deactivated it and finally deleted the account on Nov 12th.
I didn't think they'd release old usernames so soon. X is officially THE WORST
Kat O’Brien
@_elena that’s so frustrating. I know some people kept their account but inactive for that reason, but I decided to deactivate mine anyway.
Dr. Juande Santander-Vela
@_elena I think Melon Tusk said something about deleting inactive accounts [citation needed], which would bring you to the same place, just a bit slower…
Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:
@_elena I was kinda lucky. Left Twitter 2 years ago, deleted my account last year, someone took it and was almost immediately suspended permanently for (IIRC) extreme far-right content. So no-one will be able to use my old account name anymore. So,thanks, I guess? :)
Stefano Zacchiroli
@_elena @juandesant in case it helps anyone: to avoid this conundrum I've first deleted my Twitter/X account, then waited for the "expiry" period, and finally then re-registered it as a fresh/empty account. (But of course it's risky for popular accounts that others might want to take over.)
LinuxTrent
@_elena We are in a middle of a nasty problem with our ex Twitter account. We tried to login, with correct credentials (from password .manager, so no chance to wrongly typing them). X says they need to verify that account, stating having sent a code to the associated email. Our server was never contacted by them (verified using the mail server logs).
LinuxTrent
@_elena I suspect is a tactic for deactivate disliked accounts. Contacting access-support@x.com resulted in some automated responses.
Roberto Resoli
@_elena @zacchiro https://help.x.com/en/rules-and-policies/inactive-x-accounts
"What is X's inactive account policy?
We encourage people to actively log in and use X when they register an account. To keep your account active, be sure to log in at least every 30 days. Accounts may be permanently removed due to prolonged inactivity."
So I guess that @linuxtrent account will be deleted permanently, one day or the other.
Roberto Resoli
@_elena I guess that @zacchiro is right, better to maintain the account alive than risking to have it hijacked, or taken by others.
But what happened to @linuxtrent has no easy solution.
Roberto Resoli
@_elena I have a personal account (I'm in the board of @linuxtrent ) and activated 2FA too, after seeing that. In my personal case the verification code arrived immediately by email.
deanna2
@_elena omg thats one of the reasons why i dont be on twitter anymoe my page got hacked
Unauthorised User
@_elena I feel ya....I had the same experience with Instagram where my username was "taken" by someone. These social media services has such terrible username-recycling policies. I remember back in the day, Yahoo had the same policy where an email id will be recycled for registration after a cooling-off period.
If I remember correctly, Twitter will only let you deactivate your account for 30 days after which they are queued up for deletion anyway. So keeping it deactivated isn't ideal option.
Darnell Clayton :verified:
@_elena Yeah, I am not surprised #ElonMusk did this, as he is trying to increase engagement on #X.
I initially put my account in private mode, then embraced the #Fediverse. I am now back to using X as it is the fastest way to contact my political leaders (Mayor, government officials, Senators, Congress representatives, state legislators, etcetera) who are mostly #Republicans (the #GOP dominated my area).
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