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# What should I do with my Twitter
- URL: https://werd.io/what-should-i-do-with-my-twitter/
- Published: 2023-12-15T14:40:07.000Z
- Updated: 2023-12-15T14:40:07.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:20

I’ve been trying to figure out what to do with my Twitter/X account. I don’t want to leave it dormant, because the current policy is to reclaim usernames from accounts that don’t post, which creates a risk that someone will come along and claim to be me later on. (I’d canceled my account but revived it for this reason.) I also don’t want to post, because the current owner is a dumpster fire of noxious ideas, down to and including reinstating the account of Sandy Hook denier Alex Jones.

I have automatic posting set up for my bookmarks to other places, and for a while I’ve been posting them to Twitter, too. But I don’t think this is the right approach; it’s still actual, ongoing use of the network.

So for now, I have a timed post that publishes every day, which reads as follows:

> In protest of Elon Musk's policies, actions, and promotion of white supremacist figures and rhetoric, I won't post here anymore.  
>  
> You can find me on:  
>  
> Threads: <https://threads.net/@ben.werdmuller>  
> Mastodon: <https://werd.social/@ben>  
> My website: [https://werd.io](https://werd.io/)  
>  
> You should leave too.

A little bit of a nudge to jump ship, as well as a signpost to where we can connect elsewhere.

What do you think? What have you done?