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NEWS: Returned to Twitter
8 years ago
Hearken to me, my subjects!
OOC
I know that many of you used to follow me on Twitter. Many of you noticed that, about a month ago, my Twitter mysteriously disappeared without warning. What happened?
As I'm sure that most of you have observed: Social Media has become excruciatingly toxic. As far as I can tell, it started around the start of the US Presidential Primaries season. And so I figured that, like past elections, it would taper off shortly after the Presidential Election and things would return to normal... only this time they didn't.
It seems that politics has infused itself into everything, and I found that my once-happy Furry Twitter feed became mean, spiteful bickering between friends, conspiracy theories and saltmining. After awhile, it was hard to find anything actually furry in a feed that I created for that purpose! And after many months of this, I decided to take a break and step away from the Twitter... and my life got a lot better. I was less stressed, had more free time, and wasn't constantly checking my phone or Twitter tab.
So I decided to nuke that dastardly thing, and simply deleted my Twitter profiles.
But Twitter isn't a bad thing: it is just a communication tool. Its our zeitgeist that's turned toxic. And I do like the way that Twitter used to be when it was civil. So I've re-created my twitter profiles, but this time they will have a specific purpose.
Etheras (etherasfox) : https://twitter.com/etherasfox ...
... will be for IN CHARACTER Etheras, and I will try to keep it strictly canonical to the Etherasverse. If you desire to interact with Eth, that's one way to do it!
Jaspian (jaspian) : https://twitter.com/jaspian ...
... will be for OOC "me" - but I'm going to keep it strictly apolitical. Expect random thoughts, cute fennec videos, real-life updates, and random odds and ends that I find on the internet that I like.
If either of these appeal to you, please give me a follow!
Thanks ^.^
~ Etheras
OOC
I know that many of you used to follow me on Twitter. Many of you noticed that, about a month ago, my Twitter mysteriously disappeared without warning. What happened?
As I'm sure that most of you have observed: Social Media has become excruciatingly toxic. As far as I can tell, it started around the start of the US Presidential Primaries season. And so I figured that, like past elections, it would taper off shortly after the Presidential Election and things would return to normal... only this time they didn't.
It seems that politics has infused itself into everything, and I found that my once-happy Furry Twitter feed became mean, spiteful bickering between friends, conspiracy theories and saltmining. After awhile, it was hard to find anything actually furry in a feed that I created for that purpose! And after many months of this, I decided to take a break and step away from the Twitter... and my life got a lot better. I was less stressed, had more free time, and wasn't constantly checking my phone or Twitter tab.
So I decided to nuke that dastardly thing, and simply deleted my Twitter profiles.
But Twitter isn't a bad thing: it is just a communication tool. Its our zeitgeist that's turned toxic. And I do like the way that Twitter used to be when it was civil. So I've re-created my twitter profiles, but this time they will have a specific purpose.
Etheras (etherasfox) : https://twitter.com/etherasfox ...
... will be for IN CHARACTER Etheras, and I will try to keep it strictly canonical to the Etherasverse. If you desire to interact with Eth, that's one way to do it!
Jaspian (jaspian) : https://twitter.com/jaspian ...
... will be for OOC "me" - but I'm going to keep it strictly apolitical. Expect random thoughts, cute fennec videos, real-life updates, and random odds and ends that I find on the internet that I like.
If either of these appeal to you, please give me a follow!
Thanks ^.^
~ Etheras
You just have to be careful who you follow, I guess. And unfollow as soon as stuff starts to go away from the reason why you follow them.