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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,166 posts)
Thu Aug 10, 2017, 10:05 AM Aug 2017

Question about Twitter accounts (since I don't have one myself)

How easy is it for someone with a Twitter account to change their @Handle? Do they need to re-register or is it a simple change of settings?

I'm just curious because the @ProgressPolls handle doing the phony "More Americans prefer Trump over Obama" poll that the Madman re-tweeted this morning has only been doing "polls" for a couple of weeks. There are no prior tweets on their feed, but if you look at their media postings (pictures), it shows whoever had the account had been heavily posting a lot of alt-right styled pro-Trump propaganda and race and immigrant baiting messages during the 2016 campaign.

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Question about Twitter accounts (since I don't have one myself) (Original Post) Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2017 OP
Very easy to change, either on the site or in the app. bluepen Aug 2017 #1
Why would you need to change your handle? You could just set up another Twitter account. PoliticAverse Aug 2017 #2
I don't know. Ask Progress Polls. Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2017 #3

bluepen

(620 posts)
1. Very easy to change, either on the site or in the app.
Thu Aug 10, 2017, 10:08 AM
Aug 2017

No need to re-register. Just pick a handle, and if it's not taken, it's yours.

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)
2. Why would you need to change your handle? You could just set up another Twitter account.
Thu Aug 10, 2017, 10:42 AM
Aug 2017

Lots of people have multiple accounts.

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