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In reply to the discussion: Are DUers migrating away from Twitter? [View all]NullTuples
(6,017 posts)70. I cleared my history, locked my account and haven't Tweeted in a week or so. I feel better.
I had no idea how much it had been raising my stress baseline. There was so much pure hatred spewed by people who were getting an emotional charge out of being cruel to others.
I'm on Mastodon now and it's...nice. I joined an instance that is very protective of communities I belong to and does not tolerate sexism, ableism, racism, and so on. The pace is much slower.
I still catch myself perhaps once a day reading some news story and feeling the stressful need to post it to Twitter so the everyone knew about the impending threat to our community. Now I just figure if the story is big enough, word will get around and if it's not...it will fade away without real harm happening. I do still worry though about what will happen when we will need to politically organize & spread crucial information, as Mastodon just isn't big enough yet to be effective.
In the last week I've also cleaned out the storage room and swapped stored summer & winter clothes. No more endless doomscrolling* for me.
*doomscrolling is an emotional state and an action where someone feels compelled typically by fear to keep scrolling to make sure there's no hidden danger in wait for them.
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Fun FYI, Luddites were often the engineers who sabotaged the machinery they kept running
NullTuples
Dec 2022
#68
Not by the rate at which R monsters are posted about each time they say something stupid...
Alexander Of Assyria
Dec 2022
#5
I have not deleted my account, but have not been on the site since eloonie took over.
PortTack
Dec 2022
#11
Yes - Mastodon much better. Not interested in twitter. Wish we could auto hide any twit posts
oioioi
Dec 2022
#22
When you click on a post, and if others have replied, there should be a thread
blogslug
Dec 2022
#46
I was never much of a Twitter user, but I deactivated my account when the creep took over.
Sky Jewels
Dec 2022
#34
I haven't completely taken my account down - probably because it took a long time to
Maraya1969
Dec 2022
#38
Imagine how astonished they would be if the only functions their phone had were talk & text.
Crowman2009
Dec 2022
#47
When Musk starts charging to use it - I'm leaving. In a holdinpattern until then. n/t
iluvtennis
Dec 2022
#53
never did , under musks agen" leadership", never will . quit facebook after i
AllaN01Bear
Dec 2022
#61
I cleared my history, locked my account and haven't Tweeted in a week or so. I feel better.
NullTuples
Dec 2022
#70