2/ But the hate machine Twitter has become is just too much. Every time I go back on I'm sorry I did, and upset that it is becoming a right wing mob harassment mechanism with the outright endorsement of its new owner. It seems certain to promote and organize real world violence, and with Musk at the helm there's not much anyone can do.

I locked my account, and am done posting there for the time being. I am glad to have Mastodon but it does sting.

3/ I've rewritten this a bunch of times and wanted to have some coherent resolution to offer. "Isn't it great we have somewhere else to go! It's so much better here!"

And you know, that's true. But it still hurts my heart to see it play out like this. The new owner opening the floodgates to the worst people on the second largest social media platform and encouraging their bigotry and threats is a bigger nightmare than I think people have processed yet.

4/ Twitter going offline/out of business is the best case scenario now because the longer it goes on like this the more damage it will do.

I hate it. Even if I never used it again, I never would have wanted to see it work out like this. And I am so, so grateful for the folks here who are working so hard to make it easier.

Yet it still aches. It's watching a community gathering place not even burn but become a frat for bigots. Good to have somewhere else to go. But you still need to mourn.

5/ The old thing I loved is dying and there isn't a replacement. Mastodon isn't Twitter. It doesn't want to be, can't be, and shouldn't be. It can't replace it because it's not the same thing. I do believe I will keep finding things to love about Mastodon as time goes on and I get to know the community better here. I see a lot to like already and I'm glad it is its own entity and not a halfhearted clone.

But I do miss my Old Thing sometimes. The one that's dying. I wish it didn't end like this.