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Deactivated my X account (Original Post) NEOH Nov 7 OP
Congrats! roamer65 Nov 7 #1
I also unfollowed The Hill. Initech Nov 7 #2
Good bdamomma Nov 7 #3
Twitter is the eyes and ears of the world... WarGamer Nov 7 #4
Agree - Many world leaders post on Twitter too womanofthehills Nov 7 #13
I left Twitter (X) babsbunny Nov 7 #5
I did that the day that Noel Skum took over. MineralMan Nov 7 #6
So did I kimbutgar Nov 7 #11
Congrats! City Lights Nov 7 #7
I did the same. n/t tinymontgomery Nov 7 #10
Try Bluesky and/or Threads as an alternative Blaukraut Nov 7 #8
That is a p0rn spam site. Musk really screwed it up. n/t Jacson6 Nov 7 #9
Congrats and thank you! 2naSalit Nov 7 #12
I did too yesterday sky_masterson Nov 7 #14

Initech

(102,627 posts)
2. I also unfollowed The Hill.
Thu Nov 7, 2024, 02:59 PM
Nov 7

My timeline is INFINITELY better without their constant pro-Trump bullshit polluting it!

WarGamer

(15,816 posts)
4. Twitter is the eyes and ears of the world...
Thu Nov 7, 2024, 03:01 PM
Nov 7

I can't leave it even if a jackass owns it.

Just block the jerks and RWNJ's

womanofthehills

(9,365 posts)
13. Agree - Many world leaders post on Twitter too
Thu Nov 7, 2024, 04:31 PM
Nov 7

I'm sad that Dems are leaving X because most young people get their news on social media and Twitter. Over 100 million Americans are on X - twice as many men than women - and 80% are 18 to 44 yrs old.

Before Elon bought Twitter, more Dems were posting than Republicans. Dems left in droves, leaving the Republicans to have more influence on the young.

Many think this also contributed to Trump's win as the Republican's had a greater influence on the young on social media. Rogan's interview with Trump was on Twitter and it ended up with over 40 million Americans watching that interview between YouTube, Spotify, Rumble, Twitter etc.

City Lights

(25,442 posts)
7. Congrats!
Thu Nov 7, 2024, 03:18 PM
Nov 7

I deleted mine when the Musk boy's purchase went through. I'm happy to no longer be contributing anything via Xitter to his wealth.

Blaukraut

(5,924 posts)
8. Try Bluesky and/or Threads as an alternative
Thu Nov 7, 2024, 03:24 PM
Nov 7

Bluesky has seen a huge increase in users since yesterday. A lot of the people I follow have been posting on X and Bluesky simultaneously for months now and a number of them have made the jump on election night.

sky_masterson

(568 posts)
14. I did too yesterday
Thu Nov 7, 2024, 04:40 PM
Nov 7

Its hard shaking the habit and I will miss a few people, but I aint giving Musk a minute more of my eye sockets.
We need a X-it campaign (Brexit)
Someone whose threads don't drop as fast as mine should start it
Time for us to x-It (Leave X)

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