Taking a Break from Twitter

I'm taking a break from Twitter, maybe permanently.

Since the November election it's become an absolutely toxic cesspool of disinformation and stupidity, and frankly if the world is going to start collapsing around us, I don't need constant 140 character reminders of it.

I'm not going to delete my account outright, but I have removed Tweetbot from my phone and the corresponding Mac app from the dock.

I quit Facebook cold turkey in 2012 when it crossed my tolerance for stupidity and I've reached the same point with Twitter.  It took years for me to get over the need for a Facebook fix, but the detox was necessary to maintain my sanity. I expect it to be much the same with this other social network.

That leaves me with Instagram. At least that one mostly just pretty pictures with only occasional forays into the morass that is contemporary political discourse.

2 Replies to “Taking a Break from Twitter”

  1. I've always felt twitter was useless bullshit, and have never sent one. Actually had the text function turned off on my phone so I can't even receive one.

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