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[–] ptz@dubvee.org 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Are the servers at Twitter that would even hold that data still turned on or even there? I feel like Musk would have sold them on ebay already.

Also, does anyone who still works there even know how to pull that info? With all the firings, I'm legitimately surprised the entire site hasn't completely collapsed.

[–] Saganastic@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm sure it's still in the same database with all of the other user and post information. When accounts are deleted online it's usually a soft delete. A flag is set saying the account is deleted, but the information is still there.

[–] SpezCanLigmaBalls@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I have no doubt his information is still in the database. Unless it’s in their TOS after like 4 years of account termination or deletion that all data is deleted then it’s there. Pulling data and exporting really isn’t difficult even with not many workers since well… it would have to be some sort of priority. Hell, one person could even do it if they have documentation for this and what tables to pull from just from their account key