Post about deleting Twitter

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+title: Bye Twitter
+slug: bye-twitter
+date: 2024-11-14T23:47:29Z
+lastMod: 2024-11-14T23:47:29Z
+description: |
+  I finally deleted all my Twitter accounts, notably @theory. If you see that
+  username, it's not me.
+tags: [Twitter, Personal]
+type: post
+---
+
+I quit Twitter in November 2022, when it became clear that Phony Stark would
+take control of the company. No regrets; I've been active [on Mastodon] since
+then, via [Ivory], where I've enjoyed the *Twitter ca. 2010* vibe.
+
+But I hadn't deleted my Tweets or my accounts until this week. The change was
+finally triggered by the [latest announcement]:
+
+> On Friday, X will adopt a new terms of service policy that for the first
+> time explicitly says all users agree to let their posts be used to train
+> artificial intelligence, like the company’s generative AI service, Grok.
+> Currently, X users can go to the site’s settings and opt out.
+
+I have no interest in feeding Grok or any other large language model. So this
+week I deleted all my tweets and then my accounts. I tried to transfer my
+personal username to a new, empty account, but in the second between changing
+it and switching to another tab to take it, it was somehow acquired by an
+account created in 2011 with no posts. Not sure how that worked. Pretty scummy.
+
+So, just to be clear, anyone using these usernames on Twitter are **not me**
+anymore:
+
+* @theory
+* @lunar_theory
+* @DesignScene
+* @pgxn
+
+See you [on Mastodon] --- or perhaps [Bluesky].
+
+  [on Mastodon]: {{% param "mastodon.url" %}} "{{% param "mastodon.user" %}}"
+  [Ivory]: https://tapbots.com/ivory/
+  [latest announcement]: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/x-sees-largest-user-exodus-musk-takeover-rcna179793
+    "X sees largest user exodus since Musk takeover"
+  [Bluesky]: https://bsky.app/profile/itheory.bsky.social