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   Elena Rossini ⁂ (_elena@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Dec-2024 01:14:04 JST Elena Rossini ⁂

   PSA for people who are considering deleting their X accounts: maybe don't. Cybersquatting is a real possibility.

   Earlier today I shared that I had initiated the procedure to delete my 3 X accounts last month. There's a 30 day delay and it finally went through on Dec 12 aka 11 days ago.

   I had 3 popular accounts that were sometimes quoted in the media. Their following was modest (30k combined) but they were followed by influential people.

   Well, 2 out of 3 usernames have already been taken over.

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     Cavyherd (cavyherd@wandering.shop)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Dec-2024 03:14:34 JST Cavyherd

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     @_elena

     Thank you. I can't imagine that my nym has remotely enough attention to be worth pirating, but I also just haven't had the bandwidth to deal with deleting my Xitter account. Good: something to cross off my to-do list.

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     Kerfuffle (kerfuffle@mastodon.online)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Dec-2024 03:15:12 JST Kerfuffle

     @_elena That last recommendation is a sad but elegant solution.