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Shut down my Twitter/X Account (Slightly ranty)
2 weeks ago
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First journal in months... sorry to say it's not better than the last.
Twitter/X - whatever the fuck you want to call it... I've had it up to my eyeballs with that platform...
Every time I go on there, it's always politics this, racism that, pronouns this, misogynist that, white-supremacist this, or toxic masculinity this or female supremacy that - oh FUCK OFF, the lot of you; keep your ignorance in incompetence off my feed! You are all of you equal in my mind... equally RAGE-inducing!
I don't need to be reminded constantly about why the world is FUBAR; I see it enough when I turn on a fucking TV. I don't need to see human parasites trying to con people for money or coloured-hair karens screaming their heads off at anyone who tries to point out what they're doing wrong - I work in a government office; I see people like that every day of my life!
The writing community there just... truly feels dead, too. For a while, it felt quite alive; there were Writer's Lifts going on, people posting about their books every single day, hoping for some retweets and some exposure for their hard work. I even found a few books that way myself. It felt like a real community! But after months of the same thing, it just started to feel like nobody really cared... Now I don't even see Writer's Lifts anymore - just more of the trash I mentioned above.
So, as tired as it is to say this, it's just become toxic as fuck and I want nothing to do with it anymore. But frankly... where is it not anymore? I'm legit having trouble finding anywhere.
Twitter/X - whatever the fuck you want to call it... I've had it up to my eyeballs with that platform...
Every time I go on there, it's always politics this, racism that, pronouns this, misogynist that, white-supremacist this, or toxic masculinity this or female supremacy that - oh FUCK OFF, the lot of you; keep your ignorance in incompetence off my feed! You are all of you equal in my mind... equally RAGE-inducing!
I don't need to be reminded constantly about why the world is FUBAR; I see it enough when I turn on a fucking TV. I don't need to see human parasites trying to con people for money or coloured-hair karens screaming their heads off at anyone who tries to point out what they're doing wrong - I work in a government office; I see people like that every day of my life!
The writing community there just... truly feels dead, too. For a while, it felt quite alive; there were Writer's Lifts going on, people posting about their books every single day, hoping for some retweets and some exposure for their hard work. I even found a few books that way myself. It felt like a real community! But after months of the same thing, it just started to feel like nobody really cared... Now I don't even see Writer's Lifts anymore - just more of the trash I mentioned above.
So, as tired as it is to say this, it's just become toxic as fuck and I want nothing to do with it anymore. But frankly... where is it not anymore? I'm legit having trouble finding anywhere.
Twitter/x was fine before but later imo became a bit of a cesspit under their current management.
Best to stay far away from it imo. As you pointed out, we dont need more reminders why the world is Fubar
I find Bluesky to be pretty good, most of the time.
Although I don't begrudge you your opinion and I do appreciate your frustrations, I think you just need to avoid or limit social media. And as mentioned before, and I promise I won't say anything further on this matter, a lot of that rage inducing stuff, is just people fighting for their rights and mutual respect. Most of us aren't fortunate enough to be able to ignore what's going on as much as we'd like to. The moment I can exist without having to wonder if the other shoe is going to drop, I would love nothing more than to not have to post such things ever again.
And I know you're not talking about me specifically and sorry if it seems like I'm ragging on you because I'm not.
I just think Twitter/X being toxic has nothing to do with what's being posted, I think it's just a toxic place by default right now.