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Re:The Free Software Foundation Europe deleted its account on X by jedimastert on Thursday December 04, 2025 @11:31AM (#46149465)
I don't think twitter allows someone to take over an account after it's been deleted
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Re:The Free Software Foundation Europe deleted its account on X by kstrauser on Thursday December 04, 2025 @11:32AM (#46149476)
They absolutely do. Someone’s parked on what use to be my account there.
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Re:The Free Software Foundation Europe deleted its account on X by KomoD on Thursday December 04, 2025 @11:50AM (#46149701)
During deactivation period nobody can take the username but after deletion I'm pretty sure they can.
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Re:The Free Software Foundation Europe deleted its account on X by rsynnott on Friday December 05, 2025 @08:40AM (#46161139)
They do. I believe that, for once, this isn't even Musk's fault; this baffling design decision predates him.
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