Even if you're not yet planning on leaving the #birdsite - get your tweet archives NOW while that feature is still working reliably.

"With fewer than 550 full-time engineers now, one former Twitter engineer says the remaining team will be spread thin, and will likely have a hard time maintaining the service while adding new features."

#Twitter is down to fewer than 550 full-time engineers | #ElonMusk #TwitterIsNotSafe
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/20/twitter-is-down-to-fewer-than-550-full-time-engineers.html

So basically Elon has:
- killed off 3rd party Twitter clients & services
- gutted internal software & infra support teams
- slashed the birdsite's moderation teams to the bone
- driven off a substantial number of advertisers
- allowed most of the banned trolls, racists & crazies back in

#TwitterIsNotSafe, exit with your archives while you still can.

#Twitter Intentionally Ends Third-Party App Developer Access to Its APIs | #TwitterChaos #TwitterAPI | MacStories
https://www.macstories.net/stories/twitter-intentionally-ends-third-party-app-developer-access-to-its-apis/

For the people keeping their #birdsite accounts active to make sure no one else takes their account name - that isn't a good option either. It will get worse.

"Piers Morgan's account - which had 8.3 million followers - reeled off nearly 100 tweets during the 50-minute attack which started at 3.20 (BST) on Tuesday morning (December 27 )."

#PiersMorgan has #Twitter account closed after hackers send tirade of vile posts | #TwitterHack #TwitterIsNotSafe | Derbyshire Live
https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/piers-morgan-twitter-account-closed-7970487

"The removal of the feature, known as #ThereIsHelp, has not been previously reported. It had shown at the top of specific searches contacts for support organisations in many countries related to #MentalHealth, #HIV, #Vaccines, child sexual exploitation, #Covid19, gender-based violence, natural disasters and freedom of expression."

#ElonMusk ‘orders #Twitter to remove suicide prevention feature’ | #TwitterIsNotSafe | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/23/elon-musk-orders-twitter-to-remove-suicide-prevention-feature

The removal of the feature, known as #ThereIsHelp, has not been previously reported. It had shown at the top of specific searches contacts for support organisations in many countries related to #MentalHealth, #HIV, #Vaccines, child sexual exploitation, #Covid19, gender-based violence, natural disasters and freedom of expression."

#ElonMusk ‘orders #Twitter to remove suicide prevention feature’ | #TwitterIsNotSafe | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/23/elon-musk-orders-twitter-to-remove-suicide-prevention-feature

"Many at CNN, Washington Post and the New York Times who had written critically of the new owner found their handles suspended... The Twitter account for a rival social media company, #Mastodon, where some Twitter users have migrated after Musk’s takeover of Twitter, also appeared to have been suspended."

#Twitter suspends accounts of several journalists who had reported on #ElonMusk | #TwitterIsNotSafe #birdsite | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/15/twitter-suspends-accounts-journalists-musk

"Nathaniel Gleicher, the head of security policy at Meta, said the company had sought to share information about threats with governments and other technology companies to mitigate the threat against users. But Gleicher also acknowledged that one big player in the social media industry – #Twitter – no longer appeared to be available to accept information about such threats."

#Meta warns spyware still being used to target people on #SocialMedia | #TwitterIsNotSafe
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/15/meta-facebook-owner-warns-spyware-social-media