It also helps to delete your account when you want to leave.
That’s what I did when I stopped using Facebook years ago. Deleted my account completely. All data gone. Profile gone.
If he had deleted his Twitter account then all followers would be gone and there wouldn’t be so much point in coming back.
In some cases even deleting your account is not enough. For example I recently deleted my Reddit account, but I still come back to check the posts on Reddit now and then.
I tried to run a Lemmy instance but got hit by a wave of bot accounts, so I turned off my Lemmy instance for now. When I have time to get it back up and running then hopefully I can get more real people to come join the instance and the I can stay active on my Lemmy instance instead of continuing to read posts on Reddit.
At least I have stopped posting to Reddit though. So I am not providing their business with free content anymore. But still providing them with my eyeballs for their ads for now.
In the case of Twitter, people who had a lot of followers and were frequently tweeting would probably be better able to leave if they deleted their accounts. And as a bonus thanks to recent changes if you delete your account you can’t even read Twitter anymore, since reading requires that you stay signed in. So in a way Twitter helps people when they want to leave, as long as people do their part and delete their accounts.
- Change your account email.
- Change HN password with password generator (don't' record it)
- Log out.
The account and info are still there, but at least you can't get in! Obviously if they later introduce account deletion you've retroactively made a small mistake.
Because there's no automated system, (and I guess, since there's not lots of requests, no need for it)
And so for you to want to utilise a finite resource (moderation time) for something that should benefit you, you better have a good reason for it?
Why should companies go above and beyond to comply with laws that don't affect their country or business doings?
The only reason a US company might comply with EU directives, is if they plan to do business in the EU, not if they're storing data or not from an European citizen
My solution was to not make a "I'm leaving for X" post but rather "I do most of my social media posting on X now" post. I do still make a few posts on Twitter but not nearly as many as I did before.
That’s what I did when I stopped using Facebook years ago. Deleted my account completely. All data gone. Profile gone.
If he had deleted his Twitter account then all followers would be gone and there wouldn’t be so much point in coming back.
In some cases even deleting your account is not enough. For example I recently deleted my Reddit account, but I still come back to check the posts on Reddit now and then.
I tried to run a Lemmy instance but got hit by a wave of bot accounts, so I turned off my Lemmy instance for now. When I have time to get it back up and running then hopefully I can get more real people to come join the instance and the I can stay active on my Lemmy instance instead of continuing to read posts on Reddit.
At least I have stopped posting to Reddit though. So I am not providing their business with free content anymore. But still providing them with my eyeballs for their ads for now.
In the case of Twitter, people who had a lot of followers and were frequently tweeting would probably be better able to leave if they deleted their accounts. And as a bonus thanks to recent changes if you delete your account you can’t even read Twitter anymore, since reading requires that you stay signed in. So in a way Twitter helps people when they want to leave, as long as people do their part and delete their accounts.