I deactivated my X account despite the fact that I had my largest following on that account alone. It’s worth explaining why, because it might make a difference, and because there’s a deeper lesson to learn from it. One we can trace back to mythology.
Whatever your interests were, but especially if you were engaged politically, Twitter as a social media platform uniquely made you feel like you were part of a mission larger than yourself. Unlike other platforms, it offered the opportunity to share your ideas in writing and have others directly engage with or critique them. That’s what made Twitter both toxic (because of the constant verbal conflict) and noble (because of the aspiration for a higher purpose).
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