Confession: I was on it today posting replies thinking I was on blue-sky and didn't realise until about 4 posts!! My brain doesn't work properly so that's a good excuse 😆
I deleted on both. But I had spent a couple of months with my account restricted so I could only reply to people who followed me. And I found most of the people I follow weren’t following back. And my 3k followers were fake. Once it became a frustrating experience it was easy to leave in one go.
I've tricked myself by changing the URL on my work Mac's Twitter/X shortcut to BlueSky, because I'm just in the habit of clicking on that black X randomly throughout the day without thinking – so now I still do, it just brings me here instead of dealing me psychic damage.
I went cold turkey and deactivated my X account. I had 20000 followers, it was a wrench. I feel a bit lonely now and have no reach, still it was the right thing to do.
I deleted it off my phone today and tweeted a notification that I have permanently migrated to #Bluesky and will delete my X account in a couple of days.
Yes I've replaced the dominantly placed X-Twitter icon with the Bluesky one on my laptop browser and my mobile. I'm sure I'll be asking soon, "What does that 'X' mean?"
Giving up “Twitter” is like giving up smoking, perhaps you need to vape a while and think of it as “X” before making the then transition - which Musk has thankfully made it so much easier to do - to Bluesky, where the air is mountain fresh in your lungs!
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best thing I've done for my mental health in a while
Kill it, you won't regret it.
Pre Scully landing on the Hudson.
Pre Scottish referendum.
Pre Trump and pre Musk.
Twitter was a Very different animal then.