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Yes, I Disabled My Twitter Account — Despite How It Benefited My Arts
While it may have helped me as an author, I’m done with Twitter.
Like you, I’ve been watching Twitter come apart at the seams.
What Mr. Musk had planned as his end game for his actions is anyone’s guess. While I expected it to be gone soon — with or without Musk at its helm — I’ve left of my own accord.
To be honest — I’ve spent very little time on Twitter overall. Between lots and lots of negativity, including some friends’ frequent complaints, and other factors, it’s been best for my mental health to leave it.
I’m aware that as a creator, Twitter is still a decent resource for reaching more people in the world. To help spread my work and sell my books, Twitter has usage.
However, in the spirit of the things I boycott and avoid because of terrible, hurtful, ugly policies and discrimination — like Hobby Lobby, Chik-fil-A, and the Salvation Army — what value Twitter might have held is not something I’m willing to support.
The straw that broke the camel’s back, so to speak? The reinstatement of Trump’s account. That hateful, spiteful, awful Orange Shitgibbon should remain banned (and the only reason I suspect he’s not yet in prison is that they’re gathering…
