Part of a good thread that illustrates why I don’t hang out on Twitter/X anymore

KHkatharinehayhoe.comJul 2, 2024 11:01pm

There was an even bigger difference in the comments received. All on Threads and all but one here were positive, constructive, or neutral (one person was just being a jerk, not a troll). Only 18% on X were positive or neutral. The rest were negative, many highly so.

But aren't you worried that you're missing out on all the hot chicks that follow/message you every hour of every day? I don't want to brag, but I have like 500 new followers since I abandoned the platform!

And why I don't trust Threads. Very Stepford.

I’m still there because I’m somewhat sure that we will look back on everyone having left and realize it was a mistake to abandon the playing field in an information war.

I went away the day mr apartheid ‘91 took over. Haven’t regretted it yet.

I saw this with responses to my tweets starting even before it was sold, but then it accelerated. It was like talking to a wall. A nasty, racist wall.

I've just made the jump over. It's a bit quiet in here but I like it. And at least it flipping works lol

I was a little sad to leave Twitter as I met my wife on there back in 2012, but we both found that BlueSky offered an experience very similar to Twitter of that period while X offered an experience similar to being tied to a chair with your eyes forced open and Nazi propaganda run 24x7.

Yes. I think that leaving or staying is a difficult decision. Leave, and the field is even more open to the homophobic, misogynistic, science deniers. Stay and you increase traffic and income. I finally left because using the word ‘cis’ even in a neutral way was censored and that was simply too much

Yeah, leaving Twitter was a positive move for me.

Right. It may feel like we’ve gone back to 2009 over here, in terms of feats and numbers on the platform, but better to be in 2009 than over on Twitter in literal Hell. Bluesky - it has the juice.