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.
Get that you as well as numerous others think the greatness of Twitter ended after Mr. Musk took over it. Hate to break this to you but Twitter didn't lose its greatness in 2022. Their honor died a long time ago. But Twitter isn't the only famous social media company to no longer be honorable. Facebook said farewell to their honor quite some time ago too.
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.
Get that you as well as numerous others think the greatness of Twitter ended after Mr. Musk took over it. Hate to break this to you but Twitter didn't lose its greatness in 2022. Their honor died a long time ago. But Twitter isn't the only famous social media company to no longer be honorable. Facebook said farewell to their honor quite some time ago too.