Why leave Twitter before the midterms?

[TheProle]

I’m not a Twitter user, but based on the research that suggests that the vast majority of political tweeters are Dem or Dem-leaning, why would a Democrat abandon a megaphone and mobilization tool so close to the election?

https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/15/pew-most-prolific-twitter-users-tend-to-be-democrats-but-majority-of-users-still-rarely-tweet/

[Native]

1. Excellent point!

[reymega life]

2. its unhealthy mentally

really

[TheProle]

3. No doubt, but that's not new

It’s been a toxic cesspool for years now. Why voluntarily remove your voice 8 days before such a monumental election if you’ve weathered it this long?

[mopinko]

5. just like fb, u can see what u want,

and block what u dont.

i'm not the only 1 there urging ppl to block trolls AND ads.
head twit bit off more than he can chew.

[zuul]

4. Twitter is what you make of it.

I follow mostly Black and female journalists, Democratic lawmakers, and folks who tweet funny animal stuff.

I see breaking news on Twitter before it shows up on DU and I rarely see offensive posts on Twitter, because I don’t follow assholes. And I block any assholes that do pop up.

I won’t leave Twitter unless TFG is reinstated.

[Grasswire2]

10. EXACTLY

It is what you make it yourself.

[OAITW r.2.0]

6. Totally agree.

We should continue thru the election....then find a better place to communicate than in Elon's Sewer.

[Cha]

7. I'm not..

Link to tweet

[sheshe2]

9. Nor am I, Cha.

[Cha]

13. Have you seen this tweet, she? "Going down with the ship.."

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Link to tweet

Good.. somehow I didn't think you would be leaving.. not yet anyway!

[sheshe2]

16. Yes, read it, disgusting.

Elon acts like a child.

There was a long thread started by, Yuel I think his name was...something like that. Supposedly in charge of controlling hate speech and said they were working to control it and had isolated it to 300 accounts. Says his team and Elon were working on it, a lie since E keeps posting his filth.

We shall see.

[Grasswire2]

8. INTERESTING!!

I have never encountered the "cesspool" that some people claim is twitter.

You make your own experience there, by who you follow and what you click on.

Evidently, I chose well every day, because my experience is enlightening, rewarding, with nothing bad unless someone re-tweets TFG.

I have appreciated the fact that a tweet I make can reach nearly 100,000 views. What a great megaphone!

I have made friends, found some long-ago old friends there, and am a better voter because of the information available there in real time, not digested and spit out by talking heads.

Thanks for this data.

[Grasswire2]

11. I wonder if that data has changed in the two years since this was published.

Closer to mid-terms, too.

It would be very interesting to see an update.

[TheProle]

12. From June of this year

https://techcrunch.com/2022/06/16/a-new-study-suggests-33-of-u-s-twitter-users-post-about-politics/

[awesomerwb1]

14. I'm not leaving.

I am pretty "opinionated" there and I engage MAGAts before I block them. I post facts and counter the lies.

Honestly I'm amazed I haven't been banned yet, because I'm pretty...abrasive towards the MAGAts quite often.

I'm staying.

[we can do it]

15. You're making sense.

[fleabiscuit]

17. Bad news peeps. I'm not going anywhere. Live with it.