David J WhiteNov 14, 2022

POLL: If you've been on #Mastodon for over a week and used it each day, what do you do plan to do with your #twitter account at this moment?

Boost for a larger sample size please.

Keep Twitter account active
35.5%
Keep Twitter account but inactive
46.3%
Delete Twitter account
7.1%
Have already deleted Twitter account
11.1%
Poll ended at .
Show threadAris Teon

@DJWhite many people just can't let go of Twitter. Corporations are capable of convincing consumers that they are irreplaceable. That's why so many evil and destructive corporations thrive.

Musk didn't just buy a company, he bought a loyal user base that will use Twitter no matter what.

#Twitter #Musk

Nov 15, 2022 at 11:29amWeb
Show threadDavid J WhiteNov 15, 2022
@aristeon Absolutely. I feel no loyalty to it despite having an account since 2013. I despise what it has become and what it is being used for and yet leaving it is much harder than I thought. I am in the process of shutting it down but I am taking my time instead of ripping the bandage off! Here will definitely help the transition.
Show threadAris TeonNov 15, 2022

@DJWhite I joined Twitter in 2012. But I stopped using it frequently last year because I was so done with the tribalism and outrage.

Besides, my experience with FB, Google and Twitter showed me that it makes no sense to invest time and effort into unaccountable greedy corporations.

I had a FB page with 10k followers and a FB algorithm change killed it. The latest Google algorithm change destroyed one of my websites which used to rank just below Wikipedia for several keywords.