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1. bflesc+34[view] [source] 2025-01-12 22:53:51
>>joeman+(OP)
I wouldn't delete social media accounts because they might become available to register for malicious actors who can then impersonate you. Keep the accounts, just don't use them any more.
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2. atrett+W5[view] [source] 2025-01-12 23:08:59
>>bflesc+34
There isn't anything unique about your account on most social media platforms. This isn't a "plant your flag" situation like when trying to prevent identity theft. You don't need to register your account before a bad actor does. Sure, I created an online account with the IRS, credit bureaus, etc. before somebody else could. That's important because they are tied to unique identifiers like your SSN, etc. But somebody could just create a social media account impersonating you even if you already have an account on that social network. There isn't anything enforcing the uniqueness.
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3. matthe+07[view] [source] 2025-01-12 23:15:59
>>atrett+W5
My Twitter account has 140K+ followers and impersonators keep making copies that they use for cryptocurrency scams. So that's why I'm personally a little sensitive to deleting it, even if I've mostly committed to leaving that hellhole.
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4. angora+g9[view] [source] 2025-01-12 23:28:22
>>matthe+07
What does keeping the account actually do to prevent scamming? They’re going to scam regardless.
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5. esskay+fb[view] [source] 2025-01-12 23:43:27
>>angora+g9
Counter point - why is it an issue to wipe the account of its content and update the bio to simply say the owner is no longer on social media and any other accounts you come across are not them.

Removing your account completely from Twitter makes it immediately available for anyone else to take, and for larger accounts you can bet theres a whole host of automated monitoring going on, ready to nab it and use it for easy profit.

Keeping the account doesn't have to mean you're 'giving away' any info. Hell delete it and instantly recrate it if thats the worry.

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6. angora+Sd[view] [source] 2025-01-13 00:08:06
>>esskay+fb
> Removing your account completely from Twitter makes it immediately available for anyone else to take,

Do you have a source for this? The only thing i can find is a random tweet from Elmo in 2023. I deleted my twitter account in the 2022-ish timeframe, and the handle I had (created in 2007) was my first initial + last name, which I would think would be claimed by now. It's not, so I'm thinking that deleted account handles can't be reused.

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7. paular+1l[view] [source] 2025-01-13 01:10:19
>>angora+Sd
They can be taken immediately. Source me, former Twitter employee pre 2021
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