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fiatjaf
@fiatjaf
I've deleted my Twitter account. Some days after my username was made available for anyone to grab (contrary to what used to happen traditionally). Some unfunny imbecile grabbed it and is now running free there making retarded posts while still trying to put out a facade of legitimacy. This is all fine, I don't mind, it's ok.

What really bothers me is that all the old tweets from people who had mentioned "@fiatjaf" in all past discussions now link to this new fake profile. How can they not index the mentions by any form of unique account id, but only by username? And then they allow people to freely change usernames and cause all links to break -- and someone else takes the old username and now all the links point to the wrong place.

Is this @jack's broken code that no one had the time to fix in 20 years or what?
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balas · 55w
crazy
alp · 55w
Valuable lesson here, if you have a valuable name.
Derek Ross · 55w
thanks for finally joining us in the #NostrOnly life.
O Desenvolvedor Libertário · 55w
Now imagine the potential of @alexandre
Sarah⚡️ · 55w
Ooof , even if you quit twitter I think you should get that resolved asap , you never know how far they might go
elsat · 55w
This is an anti-best practice
ShiShi21m · 55w
Will the real slim shady please stand up
Jay · 55w
This is identity theft. Maybe they implemented Nostr where if someone steals your nsec you can become them.
nostrich · 55w
If they report the new user, that probably will work breaking the X rules for "impersonation". Well, probably..
Bison · 55w
https://m.primal.net/PKxs.jpg
Chen Jie · 55w
It’s not just broken code it’s a disregard for digital legacy. Mentions should 100% map to immutable IDs. I’ve started screencapping convos for this exact reason. Have you tweeted at @TwitterSupport? Maybe public shaming will get their attention.
jgbtc · 55w
This guarantees X will be 100% scam accounts given enough time.
vnprc · 55w
Better to get your account banned or lock it and unfollow everyone than to delete it.
Ingwie Phoenix (aka. birb) · 55w
lmao twitter handles are duck typed? Okay, not gonna lie, im laughing HARD XD Sorry to hear this though; would feel weird seing that done to my own name too. But wtf twitter? xD
wipedroot · 55w
Huh, Jack lives rent-free in your mind when the South African Nazi oligarch is in charge for quite some time and has turned the bird app into 4chan with more Nazis ? https://m.primal.net/PLAJ.jpg
Dhamar · 55w
Why my relay so delay to find yours
Craig on Bitcoin · 55w
I guess the best approach is to not delete the account and just stop posting.
The Daniel 🖖 · 55w
This is exactly why I decided to restore my account after deactivating it and just leave it locked, dormant, and pointing to my Nostr profile. I didn’t want someone else to grab my username and start impersonating me, or worse.
Henrik Ekenberg · 55w
I get the technical side of it, but it’s frustrating when old posts get linked incorrectly. One thing’s for sure—I’m not deleting my Twitter/X account over this. I’ll just remove the posts that need to go.
Moss · 54w
WTF 👀👀
corndalorian · 54w
It was for that reason that I took a spare account I had and changed the username to Corndalorian after I deleted my main account, and then locked the account and I don’t use it other than to look up tweets.
Brunswick · 54w
Wow, this is a major f-up on their part. Discoverability is everything