Twitter was my social media tool of choice for almost 18 years. It paved the path to amazing learning opportunities, and opened my eyes to the possibilities of being a connected educator. I even wrote a book to help teachers (or any learners) get started on it.

However, it has become a place where I only see extremist views, and sensationalized or exaggerated posts. I no longer see a community, I see a train wreck.

I actually mourn the loss, but I cannot stay any longer. I’ll leave my account open, because I refer to countless prior tweets on my blog and elsewhere. But the tweet where I share this post will be my last tweet.

I’m on LinkedIn.

I’m on Threads.

I’m on BlueSky.

And I still share regularly on my Daily-Ink Facebook page.

What I won’t be doing is sharing on Twitter/X. I don’t want to participate in the Twittersphere any longer. It does not represent what it used to for me, and I’m out… I’m eXiting Twitter.