Simon StålenhagNov 15, 2022
Leaving twitter isn't easy, but the reason for me wanting to do so happened long before musk. As someone who has struggled with ocd anxiety my whole life, the non stop deluge of ai-art, nfts and fascists in my daily experience was just raw sewage for my mental hygiene. However - I think it is important to remember how important twitter has been for large groups of people and I think this article captures something important: https://www.garbageday.email/p/one-giant-slow-motion-fail-whale
One giant slow-motion fail whale

Read to the end for a pic of the person who ran next to your car when you were a child

Garbage Day
Show threadTiffany
@simonstalenhag I have such mixed feelings. It's hard to deny Twitter's positive influences for sure but it also had a lot of horrific influences too. Gamergate, hate mobs, giving platforms to fascists who utilized it to gain political power, organized terrorism, so on and so forth. I will miss using it but I've always been concerned about the constant siloing into one internet space as websites died and more personal information was cultivated more from people
Nov 15, 2022 at 4:39pmWeb
Show threadTiffanyNov 15, 2022
@simonstalenhag The fact that it COULD take one rich man to destroy what is essentially years of communication and community and culture is something that should have never happened but was always possible due to the fact that Twitter was always a company looking to make a profit and not a public good, regardless of what had to be sacrificed to make that happen