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Did you know some people that write these big dramatic goodbye posts to a social network sometimes never even used that network in the first place? They’re just farming for clicks and clout.

It’s easy to get away with because a deleted account is indistinguishable from one that never existed in the first place.

Always be skeptical.




This one has been using twitter seriously for over a decade. You can even see their past history from some tweet archive service if you do some research.




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