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.
Hey David…
Long time, no see. 🙂
Sadly, the supportive community nature of Twitter left when the masses and bots arrived. We should feel grateful for the connective opportunities that the platform allowed. Without Twitter, so very many of our colleagues would have never crossed paths!
Great to ‘see’ you too Rodd,
The number of people… lasting friends, that I got to know through Twitter have been a gift. So too the learning opportunities that came from them. It was always so wonderful to connect with Twitter ‘colleagues’ at a conference that I had only previously knew on Twitter. And meeting them was the equivalent of meeting an old friend, not a new acquaintances.
I am grateful indeed, and that’s why it’s so sad to leave. I just can’t rationalize staying now that the X algorithm has ruined the Twitter we loved.
Thanks for connecting again Rodd.