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Shout out to @joshwcomeau.com's principles. He closed his 135K Twitter account, despite it being a major marketing tool for his content and courses. He spent his final days informing his followers about the election before closing it and moving here. Protest isn't always convenient.

While I can appreciate that he no longer uses his account on 𝕏, it is still not closed but remains active.

There's something to say about keeping handle, so others won't be able to run it.

Though truly leaving the platform is to truly leave it, including the handle.

I think that's probably gatekeeping; I'm not sure it's helpful to try to enforce a strict definition. Leaving a platform doesn't mean leaving yourself open to e.g. impersonation.