Warning to those planning to leave X: Think hard before completely deleting your acct. I've seen more reports from those who have deleted their accts & had their handles scooped by spambots and worse. I removed my profile/cover image & made my acct private. - ThreadSky

debbieohi.com • 70 days ago

Warning to those planning to leave X: Think hard before completely deleting your acct.

I've seen more reports from those who have deleted their accts & had their handles scooped by spambots and worse.

I removed my profile/cover image & made my acct private.

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ichrislehman.bsky.social•70 days ago

Yes, deleted my tweets but holding the account to avoid takeover.

suetodd.bsky.social•70 days ago

Thanks for this advice, Debbie! I will put myself back before it's too late.

juliereich.bsky.social•70 days ago

I already deleted mine. I’m hoping I’m too much of a nobody to worry about the repercussions. 😅

lrp.blog•70 days ago

That makes sense. Thanks for sharing. I will repost this.

ellenhokanson.bsky.social•70 days ago

Scary thought. Thanks for the warning. I made mine private before deleting but I don’t suppose that matters.

Sorry to hear the reputations of prominent people are being harmed by scammers.

nanalexi.bsky.social•70 days ago

I honestly don’t care what happens over there. I was never a big account anyway, so if someone is using my name there, it is all inside the cesspool that I no longer frequent. I’m so happy to have deleted my account

danigee.bsky.social•70 days ago

I don't think you CAN delete - just deactivate. Is this a new capability?

debrakshumaker.bsky.social•70 days ago

I was under the impression that you can deactivate your account for 30 days, then if you don't go back in, it gets deleted. So I deactivated mine on 11/12. So I'm assuming it's deleted by now, but don't feel like going in to double check.

debbieohi.com•70 days ago

I'm not sure, since I've never done it. Does deactivating your account mean that someone else can scoop your user handle?

danigee.bsky.social•70 days ago

I don't see how since one disappears, unless they snag your handle before you deactivate.

imlunahey.com•70 days ago

you’ve always been able to delete your account. once it’s deleted the username goes back into rotation.

danigee.bsky.social•70 days ago

How? I saw no such option - only a deactivate - and believe me, I searched for the delete.

imlunahey.com•70 days ago

after you deactivate and wait however long they require you can then delete it. i think in some countries they force them to add a delete button (EU i think).

authorlsuzuki.bsky.social•70 days ago

Hmmm... so I should just quietly disappear but not being active on X?

cdkscully.bsky.social•70 days ago

I deleted everything, wiped my name and any city info from it and then just left it.

I did delete it originally but reactivated it.

commoncurtisy.bsky.social•70 days ago

i get this. my final post on x was instructions on how to delete an account, I pinned it and walked away.

apogean.bsky.social•70 days ago

or, still delete your account because it makes that website worse and more unusable

snailbunnydesigns.bsky.social•70 days ago

For most I fear it’s too late. They were deleted shortly after the election. I did keep one active though at least

gerardpalermo.bsky.social•70 days ago

Excellent point.

pacrozier.bsky.social•70 days ago

I left Twitter 2 years ago but just left my account inactive so that noone can reuse my handle

lindastanek.bsky.social•70 days ago

Thank you Debbie for again, helping us through this crazy time!

debbieohi.com•70 days ago

See this post on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BlueskySocial/comments/1hg8ozz/why_you_shouldnt_delete_your_x_account/

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