Today is the anniversary of the day I finally quit Twitter.

It was difficult. I'd had the account since 2010 and the early days were good. Learning to filter, block and report helped. I thought it hit bottom when Musk bought it, but he dragged it lower. For a while I hoped he'd get bored and sell, but no.

I rarely used it, even made my account private.

And then one day, checking my export download, planning to delete by the end of year, I thought, "Aw, hell, just kill it."

#TwitterQuitter

On Bluesky, there seems to be a popular hash-tag similar to #TwitterMigration on the Fediverse:

#TwitterQuitter / #TwitterQuiter

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UPDATE: Someone checked and my account is indeed GONE!

I deleted my Twitter account on December 2. There is supposedly a thirty-day waiting period during which I can reactivate it by logging in, but it ought to be really gone now.

If anyone still has an active Twitter account and would take a minute to check, I would appreciate it.

My user name there was the same as here, Karen5Lund.

Thanks!

#Twitter #TwitterQuitter

On the same day I quit Twitter? I am never so prescient!

It felt like time, but it was difficult pulling the plug on an account I'd had for 14 years. This seems to confirm: It was time.

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HEAVY SIGH!

After much agonizing and nostalgia I have just deactivated my Twitter account.

Meant to do it by the end of November, but got caught up in finding a few more tweeps who have also migrated to Mastodon. But it is done! Fourteen years and a few odd months with that little blue bird. I'll miss it, but as many of you know it hasn't been the same for a long time (even before Musk).

I have 30 days to change my mind, but having made that Big Click I doubt I will.

#TwitterQuitter