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1. Moon (moon@shitposter.club)'s status on Monday, 13-Feb-2023 07:55:34 JST Moon
   There are two kinds of people from Twitter that are concerned about losing their handle or posts in a server change:
   
   The first is people who perceive a discontinuity and it makes them uncomfortable. It is a reasonable discomfort but the answer is to tell them to calm down and not worry about it so much it's not that bad.
   
   The second is people for whom this is really bad because they are brand building or have based their entire identity around their posts so this constitutes a painful, unacceptable loss. These people have to go back.
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   • xianc78@gameliberty.club's status on Monday, 13-Feb-2023 07:55:33 JST xianc78

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     @Moon Brand building is fine if you are a gamedev, software developer, content creator, small business owner, etc.

   • Wrongthink (wrongthink@cdrom.tokyo)'s status on Monday, 13-Feb-2023 08:26:46 JST Wrongthink

     in reply to

     @Moon

     First group: Is nothing new. Users hate having the layout of a familiar GUI changed on them. So much so that companies actually implement redesigns slowly in piecemeal so that there is no singular jarring change for anyone to point at.

     But mostly it’s probably just an excuse for them to be lazy and to not have to take responsibility for their digital presence.

     Second group: jfl. On the web it used to be the norm to have a different handle everywhere. The people who really care to interact with you will continue to do so regardless of whether your handle is etched into stone.