@scalzi Definitely enjoy seeing your posts again!!

I left X, formerly Twitter, a few years ago and you were one of the voices I missed.

But my mental health has improved since I jumped off X and FB those five years ago.

@scalzi There are so many people whose thoughts I really appreciate who either haven't left Twitter yet, or have gone over to Bluesky or Threads.

It sucks that I won't be able to read and interact with those people anymore, but I'm slowly building up a new network here on Mastodon.

So yeah, I look back at Twitter with a mix of nostalgia and grief.

@scalzi Good metaphor!

I feel the same way about TwitteX.

@scalzi I miss a lot of the people and connections I made over on what has become Musk's Folly. Glad to be making new friends here (as well as seeing old, familiar folks such as yourself).

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@scalzi i know the feeling.

and i’m still sad i lost the ability to see what some folks who are still there (or left for other spaces) do. but the recognition that it’s not a good space and it used to be central enough that it was hard to think of it as something to give up does hit a certain way. even if it’s much worse now than it was back then, the sort of badness isn’t new.

@scalzi
Here's the thing-- Nostalgia is born from the realization the past exists only as memory🤔 ☠️

And I miss it less and less.

@scalzi Hello!

I hope more people abandon it/kick the habit after this latest move to eliminate "Block" functionality

@scalzi I just wish more people made the switch to here.

As always, it doesn't matter if it's better or not, just how money can be made out of something.

Thing is, with social sites and apps, one can't choose what one really wants if one wants to reach as much people as possible. Is not like an email client or a software. You have to choose the more popular option 😕

I do hope Mastodon continues to grow!

@scalzi I enjoyed today’s jazz-band-vs-influencer thread so much, and the thought has occurred to me that I should now close my Twitter acount and end my 14 years there on a high note.

(https://twitter.com/archer_rs/status/1692180148550840511)

@scalzi I drastically dropped my engagement there months ago. Once they did the X switch, I stopped entirely. I find I don't actually miss it much. About the only thing I haven't really found here is the instant, broad news/current-events flow. But TBH, so much of that was either repetitive or just people yelling a lot that it wasn't all that informational.

I can't say I've found a real community here yet, but I didn't have much of one at the other place, either. Haven't had that since LJ.

@scalzi I'm new from Twitter. Been judged too much and had my past used against me (like from 5+ years ago) and treated like I do not deserve help as a #pwd on (what ppl in Ontario Canada call) #ODSPoverty.

Just trying this out and hopefully have a better chance to be supported rather than judged and treated like shit for my past, cuz I don't live there anymore.

U were also my first follower on here, and trying to find others on Twitter that I follow and r somewhat kind to me.

@scalzi Their algo is now all out of whack. People paying for Blue Checks now get their content prioritized regardless of relevance to a post or topic, so viewing replies on a popular tweet/account/hashtag is so cringe.

I find it much more difficult now to find content I'm interested in because it's prioritizing (essentially) "Paid Content".

A vapid husk of the site it used to be, for sure.

@scalzi

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Jamie

@scalzi

TBH, when I joined Twitter, I felt like I had walked into somebody else's high school where all the cliques had their backs turned and I couldn't find a spot at a lunch table. It never got any better, so I left and have only been glad 😃