I began regularly tweeting in 2019, first just to promote my books. This month I decided to stop tweeting not for any political reason or to make a statement, but because the product had degraded. My feed was filled with a bunch of nonsense that wasn’t fun to wade through. As a consumer (and content creator), I decided to go elsewhere. And that is exactly how it should be: platforms should be free to decide how to moderate, and consumers should be free to decide whether to go elsewhere.

@jkosseff

Pre Musk:
The Usual Suspects: My rights am violated by Twitter! Me sue for vile ashuns uv things!
Sane People: Twitter is a private company. If you don't like its moderation, you can go somewhere else.

Post-Musk;
The Usual Suspects: ha ha lol Musk unblox natzis, whachoo gonna do NOW? 'Go somewhere else'? Hurr!"
Sane People: Yup. (Go somewhere else.)
The Usual Suspects: No am possy bulls have consistent princy pals! U am hate freedumb!