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This is a simple and satisfying way to fight Trump and Musk | It's time to delete X (slate.com)
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[–] chaosCruiser@futurology.today 19 points 1 month ago

If you merely abandon your account, the change can be seen in the MAU statistics. If you delete it instead, you’ll make sure you won’t slip in the future. Either way, investors care about the active users, because the total number of accounts isn’t a very useful number to them.