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Geoff Anderson's avatar

I used to follow you when I was on twitter, and I missed that when I bailed from that increasingly nihilistic shithole, and I am so glad I found you here.

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antlisa1201's avatar

I quit X too. Everyone should in my opinion.

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Megan Ross's avatar

I wholeheartedly agree! I'd love to see X, formerly known as TWITter, go completely bankrupt.

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Marie Martin's avatar

Whose Elmo? His name is Leon, isn't it?

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un poco loco's avatar

I prefer Elno. As in "oh, HELL no!" lol

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Marie Martin's avatar

😆😆😆😆

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James Starr's avatar

I left immediately when Elmo took over... I didnt even wait for it to change to X,

I havent looked back since !

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247kath's avatar

Ex Xer here too. Left when racist baby Melon Musk took over

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KL Pierce's avatar

Definitely! Twitter has devolved into a cesspool of disinformation!

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Brianna Amore's avatar

I check in every once in awhile as my account is still active and yup, it's still a shit hole.

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un poco loco's avatar

I didn't quit, I was kicked off for saying bad (and totally fucking verifiable) things about Gov Dr Evil Hot Wheels, but I'm damned if I'll retract anything just to get back on. I meant every word of it. Besides, it's much better here... :)

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Libbey Dem's avatar

I dumped Twitter right after Musk took over. Got on Threads soon after it debuted. 1000% better than X.

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Megan Ross's avatar

Thank you for dumping TWITter! I wish more people would do the same. Let Elon Musk lose once in awhile...

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Kay-El's avatar

Same! Was happy to quit that wasteland but overjoyed to find Jeff here.

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Dawn Erickson's avatar

Exactly what happened to me. I was so happy to find Jeff on Substack.

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Catherine's avatar

I think I found Jeff here via when he would repost Twitter comments on Facebook. I was like, "who is this smart, hilarious, on-point person?". So I think I did some clicking around and thankfully landed here! Beyond thankful 🙏

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Bill Lawrence's avatar

I quit Twitter one day after Musk took it over. I knew he'd destroy it.

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Geoff Anderson's avatar

I stayed for a while. As a product manager, there was a community that was worth hanging out for, but in December 2022 when Elon played asshat to journalists covering his hypocrisy on the ElonJet account, I just logged out.

About 3 months later I logged back in to see if *perhaps* it had calmed down.

Nope, I was inundated with rather graphic porn, and the worst fucking ads. So I deleted my account. I knew that was where I would end up, but I will admit I am sad, as the community I had there has been blown up, and it doesn't seem that it has reconstituted anywhere else.

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Bill Lawrence's avatar

Elon is like Trump in some ways, except that he has some areas in which he is somewhat competent--but when he strays, as in X, he is destructive.

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Janine's avatar

Aftrr reading this it prompted me to finally go in and deactivate my account.

What need to be deactivated is our national security connected to starlink

Talk about a national security risk.

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Libbey Dem's avatar

He's on Threads and it's a lot easier to control your feed than it was on X. The trolls are there, but not as rampant as on X. At least, not on my feed.

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