I'm a real addict - recovering alcoholic here of 38 years - but I was on FaceBook so much I finally just deleted it from my phone. Life is better now. It's been two years and I don't miss it. I post about once a week or so. X is repellent, so I backed away from that a long time ago.
Nice one Mr L, I also quit my X account a coupla weeks ago--- for "national security" reasons and after being hounded offline by Chinese state media rather than mental health but, being free of it suddenly makes the addiction painfully obvious. I mean, I spent the first few Cold Turkey days desperately scrolling LINKEDIN for heaven's sake, a sort of methadone-for-X, painfully unsatisfying. The only thing I miss is UK car twitter, a strangely sweet and pleasant place.
Twitter was a marvellous place for a while, but now it is not. I do have a BlueSky invite if you'd like it – it has the same feel as early Twitter, if you mute the right people. Honestly, though, I think people in general have really changed over the last ten years: quicker to outrage, more likely to get stuck on a negative thing that they just can't stop wanging on about, more judgemental, less understanding, less forgiving.
I made Twitter tolerable by extensive mute and block lists, including muting keywords, and by finding a Chrome plugin that removed the trending topics completely. BlueSky doesn't yet have keyword muting, which is a shame because that does result in me muting more people than I otherwise would. But it's small enough to feel pleasant, and it might yet provide us with the tools we need to craft a truly pleasant experience.
I've basically fully moved to Threads. It's not a particularly exciting place right now, but it will do. I do still occasionally pop onto Twitter to see what's happening and there certainly is a lot happening, but I've found myself thinking that I don't really care. It's just noise. Of course, with any social media platform, the more people who use it the more obnoxious people there will be. So we will have to see what happens to Threads or whichever other platform might rise.
Well done Robert. I was an occasional user but fortunately was not addicted and left as soon as Musk took over, I now follow you on Threads, and your rants of course. Power to the EV’s !!
For me the star that broke the camels back was the new found desire of the Musk to disable the ability to block accounts. As a DA survivor in need to have some accounts blocked for my families safety. But it is a helpful straw. No more arguments - even the internal one when I read the numpties (or Trumpties).
I'm a real addict - recovering alcoholic here of 38 years - but I was on FaceBook so much I finally just deleted it from my phone. Life is better now. It's been two years and I don't miss it. I post about once a week or so. X is repellent, so I backed away from that a long time ago.
Nice one Mr L, I also quit my X account a coupla weeks ago--- for "national security" reasons and after being hounded offline by Chinese state media rather than mental health but, being free of it suddenly makes the addiction painfully obvious. I mean, I spent the first few Cold Turkey days desperately scrolling LINKEDIN for heaven's sake, a sort of methadone-for-X, painfully unsatisfying. The only thing I miss is UK car twitter, a strangely sweet and pleasant place.
I'm glad you're here, at least.
Twitter was a marvellous place for a while, but now it is not. I do have a BlueSky invite if you'd like it – it has the same feel as early Twitter, if you mute the right people. Honestly, though, I think people in general have really changed over the last ten years: quicker to outrage, more likely to get stuck on a negative thing that they just can't stop wanging on about, more judgemental, less understanding, less forgiving.
I made Twitter tolerable by extensive mute and block lists, including muting keywords, and by finding a Chrome plugin that removed the trending topics completely. BlueSky doesn't yet have keyword muting, which is a shame because that does result in me muting more people than I otherwise would. But it's small enough to feel pleasant, and it might yet provide us with the tools we need to craft a truly pleasant experience.
I've basically fully moved to Threads. It's not a particularly exciting place right now, but it will do. I do still occasionally pop onto Twitter to see what's happening and there certainly is a lot happening, but I've found myself thinking that I don't really care. It's just noise. Of course, with any social media platform, the more people who use it the more obnoxious people there will be. So we will have to see what happens to Threads or whichever other platform might rise.
Well done Robert. I was an occasional user but fortunately was not addicted and left as soon as Musk took over, I now follow you on Threads, and your rants of course. Power to the EV’s !!
I understand but you will be missed.
Bon voyage.
For me the star that broke the camels back was the new found desire of the Musk to disable the ability to block accounts. As a DA survivor in need to have some accounts blocked for my families safety. But it is a helpful straw. No more arguments - even the internal one when I read the numpties (or Trumpties).