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Re:Twitter account deletions on 'pause' after outcry by Joe-Z on Thursday November 28, 2019 @04:54AM (#21655927)
To me it didn't sound like they linked this dead account anywhere. They literally just squatted a name to never use for anything.

Real class move btw, I hope GPs account gets deleted soon. (And then the flood of people having nothing better to do than destroy some nobody's reputation on social media comes in I guess...)

Re:Twitter account deletions on 'pause' after outcry by manderley on Thursday November 28, 2019 @04:58AM (#21655953)
It's a Twitter account name. Let's not act like this is some huge imposition.
Re:Twitter account deletions on 'pause' after outcry by Joe-Z on Thursday November 28, 2019 @06:10AM (#21656278)
It's ego-centric behaviour which leaves everbody worse off. Thank god it's only a Twitter account name! (...and not global politics governed by old farts out of touch with reality, which is another area where this behaviour is rampant)
Re:Twitter account deletions on 'pause' after outcry by FeepingCreature on Thursday November 28, 2019 @10:35AM (#21657991)
They literally said they referenced it on other sites.
Re:Twitter account deletions on 'pause' after outcry by Joe-Z on Thursday November 28, 2019 @11:37AM (#21658552)
Well if they literally said that, then I'm sure you can copy + paste said portion. Because even upon re-reading the comment, I can't find this statement.
Re:Twitter account deletions on 'pause' after outcry by FeepingCreature on Thursday November 28, 2019 @12:51PM (#21659049)
Oh, you're right, I misunderstood the point where they said

> Can you imagine if I release my Twitter account, after almost a decade of constant cultivation of my other professional profiles (GitHub, GitLab, LinkedIn, etc) and then someone starts posting malicious messages to make my username look bad?

I thought they'd linked their Twitter account on their other professional profiles.