Funny thing about people threatening to leave Twitter...

[Raven]

I keep seeing post from folks who are going to leave Twitter because Musk is going to change them $5 a week. Why not leave because Twitter is a cesspool run my a deranged maniac who is looking more and more like a stand-in for TFG? Leaving because of the money sounds a lot like the people who are going to vote for Republicans because of gas prices.

[msfiddlestix]

1. ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ n/t

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. NEVER had a Twitter account...

But I agree, it is a cesspool.

I contribute monthly to DU because here, we are of a progressive mind set and more informative.

Here we educate, not belittle one another. Sometimes the news is depressing and I need to back off for a few days, but at lest here at DU, my opinion is respected and I respect this community.

[NutmegYankee]

3. If you do twitter right, you almost never interact with TFG followers

And with an ad blocker in your browser, you aren't really contributing to the expenses.

[Raven]

4. I understand that, but you still support Musk/Twitter by staying with it.

[NutmegYankee]

5. Perhaps on principle, but certainly not financially with the ad blocker.

Unlike some, I do not think it is good for us to self segregate digitally or IRL. If I could survive the CompuServe forums, I can certainly survive anything today.

In the meantime, I can continue to follow prominent scientists and Democrats.

[ForgedCrank]

10. I was recently

just thinking the same thing.
I cut my teeth in Usernet groups years ago. If you can navigate that without giving up, everything else is a cake-walk.
I won't knock people for doing so, but I never understood the desire to seek inner peace at the expense of insulating myself from the rest of the world. I want the nuts to be able to speak out loud so I can recognize them and understand what they are up to.

[samnsara]

30. i have never encountered a magat unless i went out looking for one

[Grasswire2]

32. exactly

I don't encounter ANY cesspool on twitter. Don't see anything ugly or dangerous or horrible.

I follow smart people. Some famous, some not. Right now interacting a lot with a Georgetown professor of law, who is highly amusing as well as informative, and a Professor of American History at a top level university (who has become a good friend through Twitter) and others I enjoy a lot.

I never see any of the crap! I'm not sure exactly why that is, but Twitter is what you, yourself make it. Click on crap, see it and become bombarded with it.

And I'm blocking all ads now. I blocked Musk at least a year ago.

[Siwsan]

6. I have an account but I've never posted. I like getting alerts on other's posts.

People like Mary Trump and George Takei. For SOME reason, I've been getting alerts on Kevin Sorbo's posts. Not sure why but the comments are hilarious.

[YoshidaYui]

7. I love Twitter

All my favorite Japanese bands are there and some like An Cafe follow me back! Twitter is how I found out BANDMAID. is coming to San Francisco. Twitter allows me to show off my Monster Hunting from Youthbe! Twitter allows me to hear the favorite music from Mr. Scorpio’s Radio show! Twitter allows me to get the latest sorry ass score from my Raiders NFL Team. Twitter gives more info from my favorite Disney plus shows, and i have the latest news in the world of JRock! Twitter is more than the hate and vitriol you all want to tag it with, its a constant steady stream into the future and whats next in the world including the January 6th comity and what’s legally going to happen to 45 when he gets indicted! Twitter works when you follow the right people like Nancy Pelosi who has an account there, its following George Takei or Marcus Nance or Stephanie Miller! Its having your cake and eating it too! This is why I like Twitter besides following my close friends like JujuChen17 and my new gf LaylaStormy. Twitter is following Thom Hartmann and having him follow you back.Twitter is asking a question to Glenn Kirschner and having respond and then having him follow you back! Twitter is more than having over 500
Friends saying Goodmorning to you each morning because they like what you do or say, even if its in Japanese! Twitter is having world friends from Hong Kong to Cannes France. Twitter is more than Cat photos and lame memes, it can be love and repesct for good friends even one of them shows off their amazing skill with their guitar or share funny videos to make your day that much more fun and interesting. Twitter works for me not against me like Facebook did. I like Twitter, its where all the important people are. Even DU has an account there!

[Ferrets are Cool]

12. +1

You can find good and evil in most anything. If one chooses, the evil can be removed from our consciousness.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

23. Agree 100%. For those of us who have built up a presence

over the years, I thought it was impossible to describe the breadth but you came pretty damn close! My favorite thing about it is the lack of judgement. The freedom to just respectfully talk about an issue openly.

[Native]

29. Ditto

[area51]

26. +1 n/t

[Grasswire2]

33. Nice!

It is great, I agree.

[NNadir]

8. I'm sorry to report that I cannot leave Twitter for any reason.

The reason is that I never joined. I never wanted to belong to an organization including the word "twit" in its name.

[Rebl2]

20. Well musk

does call himself the head twit. How appropriate 🙄

[lostnfound]

9. Twitter 4me: voices of Parkland kids, pandemic nurses, musicians, novelists, scientists...

A giant town square now owned by one guy who did not create it.

[Raven]

11. Well, maybe those good folks will leave and you can follow them. The Town Square can

leave the "one guy" who hijacked the the Square and turned it into a cesspool in less than 24 hours.

[Elessar Zappa]

13. Twitter is a huge platform.

It would be a mistake for sane and liberal voices to leave.

[mahina]

14. Try this out. They already have my data to sell

He is going to lose money, not profit.

Why would anyone cede anything to him? Would we in real life?

He’s vastly creepy and I loathe that he got his funding from the Saudis.We’re up their caftans nationally too of course. I’m not saying I’m never leaving but for now we’ll see. A lot sepends on the elections, obvs.

[Trueblue Texan]

15. I had a Twitter account...

...then I left when Musk was going to take over. Then I came back when it looked like the deal wasn't going to happen. Then I left because I was getting follows by hundreds of Asian hookers (bots apparently). I left about a week before Musk closed the deal. Happy coincidence. I've left FB before too. Can do it again.

[Marthe48]

16. I created an account on twitter in 2017

I didn't log in more than 5 times since I started the account. I read twitter posts if someone posts them. Because it is popular to use as a bulletin board for news, it is going to be hard for some people to cancel their accounts.

I cancelled my account yesterday. I've been meaning to anyway, because I don't use it, but I hope my cancellation, added to many others sends a message that the public is unhappy with the change in ownership, the layoffs, the fake news stories tweeted as fact and so on.

[Ms. Toad]

17. I've seen no plans to charge ordinary users.

The charges I've seen purposes are for verified accounts and business accounts.

[brooklynite]

18. Jen has said nothing about charging ordinary users...

…and I don’t consider it a cesspool. It’s what you choose to make of it; just like Facebook.

Question: have you shared your opinion with @Potus or @speakerpelosi?

[amb123]

19. I left the moment the rumors began about EM buying Twitter

and I don't miss it at all.

[JustAnotherGen]

21. If it becomes pay to play

For the average joe and jane -

Then I would be gone. In the meantime - I want him to KICK ME OFF the platform.

[Orrex]

22. I tried twitter for a month some time ago

That entire month was spent swiping past garbage I didn't want to see from people I don't care about, interspersed with ads and pitches for things that I don't want.

"BuT yOu HaVe To Do It RiGhT," say twitter's addicts.

Thanks, no. The platform has little to offer me that I don't get from 10 other venues. Hell, even DU itself and the much-maligned FB are choked with retweeted crap, so the last thing I need is a way to mainline that shit.

[Treefrog]

24. What is really funny to me is how we had all these threads

not too long ago.

And why does everyone feel they have to announce it here anyway?

[Kaleva]

25. If it wasn't for all the tweets posted here, I wouldn't know squat about it

[DownriverDem]

27. Left twitter twice

I left the first time we heard Musk was going to buy twitter. Then when it didn't look like it would happen, I signed up again. I left again since he did get to buy it. It had nothing to do with the price either.

[samnsara]

28. i like twitter. when the Bundys were holding the wildlife refuge hostage in Oregon

...we actually coordinated on twitter and got one of the Bundy group meeting places canceled as they planned to hold it in a building next to a play ground.... and of course these folks planned to be armed. So they had to hold their hate meeting outside in the woods.

[Native]

31. And it was Twitter that first made it possible for spur of the moment mass demonstrations.

Talk about a benefit to a developing country's society! These days, no matter how poor you are or where you live, you've likely got a cellphone.