Twitter isn't the same since Muskrat took over. People can say the most vile things in the interest of "free speech," but cis and cisgender are words tagged as "hate." The block button no longer functions as it should. And, as of November 15th, anything put on the site will be scraped for AI training. It's too many strikes against a platform I've used since 2014.
It hurts to leave something I've put a lot of time into. I debated just riding it out, but I just can't stay as the sewer gets even more fetid. I know Meta (Facebook/Instagram world) also uses public posts to train AI, and I hate it; maybe I'll leave those platforms down the road as well or just use them for general updates. People warn tech bros have their sticky hands all over Bluesky, so it might not be long before AI season begins.
I can curate Bluesky and Facebook more to what I want to see than I could on Twitter. Every day, I would see political/social "takes" that went far beyond what I didn't agree with and into literal hate crimes. I'm not one to shy away from discussions or considerations from those who don't think like I do, but there's an entire solar system between that and what goes on in Elongated X Land. Just logging in made me question any faith I've had in humanity.
My Bluesky account (@jenruthjackson.bsky.social) is over six months old, and it started out as just a cross-posting station for things I posted to my Twitter. I joined as an exit strategy, hoping things wouldn't melt into excessive bleakness. Alas...
A writer friend suggested that I delete as many posts as possible and private my account instead of leaving altogether. Apparently, there are people waiting for an exodus so they can snap up handles with almost any number of followers. I'm sitting on my name, but I'm done with Twitter for good.
Have you made the jump away from Twitter? Are you using Mastodon or Bluesky?
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