Update: Outgoing Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak asked the Board of Pardons to consider a mass commutation at its meeting on Tuesday, but a court stopped the move. Also: McCarthy and Musk's difficulties.
After about a decade on the platform, I deleted my Twitter account in November 2021 (just over a year ago). I deleted my Facebook account at the same time (I'd been on that for ages too). A vacation abroad made me realize how much of my IRL social life I organized via Facebook so I recreated that account in April 2022 -- and figured I might as well recreate my Twitter account too... but it has been a strange year on Twitter and I've hardly used it, compared to past years, so when Musk took over I did what many of my friends had been asking me to do for several years: I joined Mastodon! Having seen just how chaotic Twitter has been since Musk took over, and just how lovely the community on my chosen Mastodon instance is, I just wish I'd made the switch years ago! I feel bad for people who have supportive communities on Twitter -- it will take time to reconstruct those elsewhere and some communities may never recover: Musk has done so much harm.
I walked away from Twitter (didn't delete my account, but haven't posted, visited the site or responded to any posts) the day after the self-proclaimed "Chief Twit" reinstated the account of professional Jew-hater Andrew Anglin. That was it as far as I was concerned. I won't go back until/unless Musk sells Twitter. I miss some of the people I followed, but I refuse to give this classless cretin the website traffic he needs.
After about a decade on the platform, I deleted my Twitter account in November 2021 (just over a year ago). I deleted my Facebook account at the same time (I'd been on that for ages too). A vacation abroad made me realize how much of my IRL social life I organized via Facebook so I recreated that account in April 2022 -- and figured I might as well recreate my Twitter account too... but it has been a strange year on Twitter and I've hardly used it, compared to past years, so when Musk took over I did what many of my friends had been asking me to do for several years: I joined Mastodon! Having seen just how chaotic Twitter has been since Musk took over, and just how lovely the community on my chosen Mastodon instance is, I just wish I'd made the switch years ago! I feel bad for people who have supportive communities on Twitter -- it will take time to reconstruct those elsewhere and some communities may never recover: Musk has done so much harm.
I walked away from Twitter (didn't delete my account, but haven't posted, visited the site or responded to any posts) the day after the self-proclaimed "Chief Twit" reinstated the account of professional Jew-hater Andrew Anglin. That was it as far as I was concerned. I won't go back until/unless Musk sells Twitter. I miss some of the people I followed, but I refuse to give this classless cretin the website traffic he needs.