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Jo Ann Alberts's avatar

Thanks, Anne…the pandas brought me to Twitter and I was lucky enough to meet and be apart of a likeminded group of terrific people and it’s my hardheadedness that wants to hold on. I’m over Elon…glad he’s no longer “The Wealthiest” anything! ❤️🐼

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Charles Belov's avatar

Just so you know, deactivating your Twitter account doesn't take full effect for 30 days, in case you decide to come back. In the meantime, deactivating automatically turns off two-factor authentication, leaving the account more hackable. (So have a really good password if you do this.)

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B.W.J.'s avatar

Good for you! I am sorry about what Twitter has become because of its new owner. Free speech is not free speech when it becomes racist, discriminatory, derogatory, threatening, and hate-filled.

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Anne Belov's avatar

It really doesn't feel like a safe place any more.

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Jo Ann Alberts's avatar

This is so helpful and I know that’s what I need to do…it was all so convenient and easy and centralized…and now it’s a mess. Thank you and Barb for Slack 🐼, but I do have to move on from the bird sooner than later❤️🐼

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Anne Belov's avatar

The Bird Site seems to get worse every day. I sneak on every once in a while to see if I've been suspended.

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Anne Belov's avatar

really, once you make the leap and connect with a few people, it is quite easy. I've heard the apps are not as good as just going on through your browser. That's what I do. Many of the news sources I filled at the bird place are already there, so it's starting to feel like home.

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Rebecca Fialkowski's avatar

I’ve tried and tried but masta whatever is not compatible with my phone . I can’t understand it or navigate within it. I miss you on Twitter. Personally I don’t see any posts that aren’t either panda zoo related or soap related. So far Nothing shows up on my feed that I havnt talked about. Or haven’t liked. Happy you found a safe place to land! ❤️🙏❤️

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Anne Belov's avatar

Try it in the browser, not the app. I've heard the web versions work better, even on phone. Thant's what I'm doing. It's not so much what I can see when I go on, It's knowing what Elmo is doing to his employees/former employees (stiffing them or at least making them wait for their severance packages, not paying his rent, letting fascists back on and smacking down anyone who criticizes him. I also read that he is considering making you pay the monthly fee if you don't want your location data released or your phone number made available to be sold. So, even though it might not look different, it feels different.

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Jeannie Meyer's avatar

I’m still struggling. So many people I care about are still on Twitter. But I detest the slow, terminal demise it’s enduring.

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Anne Belov's avatar

You can do it! it's not that hard. Once you get registered, it doesn't matter what server you sign up with. To follow people you'll have to have both their user name & server address. I'm on ohai.social, so I'm @pandachronicle (@) ohai.social.com (Remove () and spaces) You can also follow hashtags and find people tat way, like #cats #pandas that should get you to most of us.

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