#leavingtwitter — Public Fediverse posts

Why I left Twitter after 15 years, the rise and fall of the platform under Elon Musk, and why Mastodon is now my social media home

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/social-media-2/2024/11/leaving-twitter

#LeavingTwitter #SocialMedia #Mastodon #ElonMusk #BlueskyVsMastodon

Why I left Twitter after 15 years, the rise and fall of the platform under Elon Musk, and why Mastodon is now my social media home

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/social-media-2/2024/11/leaving-twitter

#LeavingTwitter #SocialMedia #Mastodon #ElonMusk #BlueskyVsMastodon

EFF: EFF is Leaving X. “We posted to Twitter (now known as X) five to ten times a day in 2018. Those tweets garnered somewhere between 50 and 100 million impressions per month. By 2024, our 2,500 X posts generated around 2 million impressions each month. Last year, our 1,500 posts earned roughly 13 million impressions for the entire year. To put it bluntly, an X post today receives less than 3% […]

EFF: EFF is Leaving X. “We posted to Twitter (now known as X) five to ten times a day in 2018. Those tweets garnered somewhere between 50 and 100 million impressions per month. By 2024, our 2,500 X posts generated around 2 million impressions each month. Last year, our 1,500 posts earned roughly 13 million impressions for the entire year. To put it bluntly, an X post today receives less than 3% […]

Chapelboro: Town Of Chapel Hill Announces Departure From Social Media Site X. “The Town of Chapel Hill announced it will no longer post or monitor its accounts on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. The local government shared the decision in its weekly ‘Our Town’ newsletter on Thursday.”

Chapelboro: Town Of Chapel Hill Announces Departure From Social Media Site X. “The Town of Chapel Hill announced it will no longer post or monitor its accounts on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. The local government shared the decision in its weekly ‘Our Town’ newsletter on Thursday.”

Brian Teeter: Introducing X Twitter Deleter — An Open-Source Tool to Take Back Control of Your Tweet History. “Maybe you’re cleaning up your online footprint. Maybe you just want to reclaim control over your own data. Whatever the reason, deleting your entire tweet history is surprisingly difficult. That’s why I built X Twitter Deleter.”

Brian Teeter: Introducing X Twitter Deleter — An Open-Source Tool to Take Back Control of Your Tweet History. “Maybe you’re cleaning up your online footprint. Maybe you just want to reclaim control over your own data. Whatever the reason, deleting your entire tweet history is surprisingly difficult. That’s why I built X Twitter Deleter.”

Civil Society: Major charities leave X after AI images controversy. “Major charities including the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) have stopped posting on social media platform X due to controversy surrounding its artificial intelligence tool’s image-creating function.”

Civil Society: Major charities leave X after AI images controversy. “Major charities including the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) have stopped posting on social media platform X due to controversy surrounding its artificial intelligence tool’s image-creating function.”

Why I left Twitter after 15 years, the rise and fall of the platform under Elon Musk, and why Mastodon is now my social media home.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/social-media-2/2024/11/leaving-twitter

#LeavingTwitter #SocialMedia #Mastodon #ElonMusk #BlueskyVsMastodon

Why I left Twitter after 15 years, the rise and fall of the platform under Elon Musk, and why Mastodon is now my social media home.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/social-media-2/2024/11/leaving-twitter

#LeavingTwitter #SocialMedia #Mastodon #ElonMusk #BlueskyVsMastodon

Why I left Twitter after 15 years, the rise and fall of the platform under Elon Musk, and why Mastodon is now my social media home

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/social-media-2/2024/11/leaving-twitter

#LeavingTwitter #SocialMedia #Mastodon #ElonMusk #BlueskyVsMastodon

Why I left Twitter after 15 years, the rise and fall of the platform under Elon Musk, and why Mastodon is now my social media home

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/social-media-2/2024/11/leaving-twitter

#LeavingTwitter #SocialMedia #Mastodon #ElonMusk #BlueskyVsMastodon

Just removed my old Twitter account. As I did not used it for more than a year and I do not want to come back I let it go.

#Twitter #LeavingTwitter #Mastodon

Just removed my old Twitter account. As I did not used it for more than a year and I do not want to come back I let it go.

#Twitter #LeavingTwitter #Mastodon

Why I left Twitter after 15 years, the rise and fall of the platform under Elon Musk, and why Mastodon is now my social media home

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/social-media-2/2024/11/leaving-twitter

#LeavingTwitter #SocialMedia #Mastodon #ElonMusk #BlueskyVsMastodon

Why I left Twitter after 15 years, the rise and fall of the platform under Elon Musk, and why Mastodon is now my social media home

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/social-media-2/2024/11/leaving-twitter

#LeavingTwitter #SocialMedia #Mastodon #ElonMusk #BlueskyVsMastodon

arXiv: Straddling Two Platforms: From Twitter to Mastodon, an Analysis of the Evolution of an Unfinished Social Media Migration. “The acquisition of Twitter (now X) by Elon Musk in 2022 generated concerns among Twitter users regarding changes in the platform’s direction, prompting a migration campaign by some user groups to the federated network Mastodon. This study reviews the onboarding of […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/27/straddling-two-platforms-from-twitter-to-mastodon-an-analysis-of-the-evolution-of-an-unfinished-social-media-migration-arxiv/

Why I left Twitter after 15 years, the rise and fall of the platform under Elon Musk, and why Mastodon is now my social media home

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/social-media-2/2024/11/leaving-twitter

#LeavingTwitter #SocialMedia #Mastodon #ElonMusk #BlueskyVsMastodon

Why I left Twitter after 15 years, the rise and fall of the platform under Elon Musk, and why Mastodon is now my social media home

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/social-media-2/2024/11/leaving-twitter

#LeavingTwitter #SocialMedia #Mastodon #ElonMusk #BlueskyVsMastodon

Why I left Twitter after 15 years, the rise and fall of the platform under Elon Musk, and why Mastodon is now my social media home

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/social-media-2/2024/11/leaving-twitter

#LeavingTwitter #SocialMedia #Mastodon #ElonMusk #BlueskyVsMastodon

Why I left Twitter after 15 years, the rise and fall of the platform under Elon Musk, and why Mastodon is now my social media home

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/social-media-2/2024/11/leaving-twitter

#LeavingTwitter #SocialMedia #Mastodon #ElonMusk #BlueskyVsMastodon

Politico: Elon Musk takes hit as Europeans ditch X in droves. “The latest figures from X published this week — which it was required to release to comply with the European Union’s flagship tech rulebook, the Digital Services Act — show a sharp decline in the number of users in Europe. Since August last year, the platform has lost 11 million European users, with the biggest exoduses […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/01/politico-elon-musk-takes-hit-as-europeans-ditch-x-in-droves/

TidBITS: Why TidBITS Will No Longer Post to X/Twitter or Facebook. “What began as digital dysfunction has metastasized into tangible societal harm. Thus, this article marks our final post to X/Twitter and Facebook. I can no longer ethically provide material support to platforms whose leadership so actively undermines civil society. The TidBITS accounts will remain, but they will stand silent, […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/26/tidbits-why-tidbits-will-no-longer-post-to-x-twitter-or-facebook/

TidBITS: Why TidBITS Will No Longer Post to X/Twitter or Facebook. “What began as digital dysfunction has metastasized into tangible societal harm. Thus, this article marks our final post to X/Twitter and Facebook. I can no longer ethically provide material support to platforms whose leadership so actively undermines civil society. The TidBITS accounts will remain, but they will stand silent, […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/26/tidbits-why-tidbits-will-no-longer-post-to-x-twitter-or-facebook/

“The beginning is always today.”
– Mary Shelley 📖

It's the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere: Time for new beginnings! 🌸
So I finally did it: I deactivated my account on the notorious toXic platform–and I must admit that it feels great. 🥳
So hello again & Happy Springtime, everyone! 👋 💐

#LeavingTwitter
#LeavingX
#newbeginning
#newbeginnings
#newbeginnings2025
#spring
#springtime
#springtime2025

Why I left Twitter after 15 years, the rise and fall of the platform under Elon Musk, and why Mastodon is now my social media home

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/social-media-2/2024/11/leaving-twitter

#LeavingTwitter #SocialMedia #Mastodon #ElonMusk #BlueskyVsMastodon

Why I left Twitter after 15 years, the rise and fall of the platform under Elon Musk, and why Mastodon is now my social media home

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/social-media-2/2024/11/leaving-twitter

#LeavingTwitter #SocialMedia #Mastodon #ElonMusk #BlueskyVsMastodon

Nature: Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform. “Although the survey is not statistically representative of Nature readers or the scientific community at large, it echoes recent enthusiasm for Bluesky among researchers and disillusionment with X. Of roughly 5,300 readers who responded to a question about X, 53% said they used to be on X but have now left […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/29/blueskys-science-takeover-70-of-nature-poll-respondents-use-platform-nature/

Found in a few of my RSS feeds: Unplatform. From the front page: “Unplatform is an interactive guidebook, online library, and recommendations database intended to help you escape social media and join the indie web.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/29/unplatform/

Found in a few of my RSS feeds: Unplatform. From the front page: “Unplatform is an interactive guidebook, online library, and recommendations database intended to help you escape social media and join the indie web.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/29/unplatform/

There's an important argument for #leavingfacebook and #leavingtwitter that you don't see much, probably because people are modest.

I produce a *lot* of soc-med content, and I believe the quality is high too. So after I left #Twitter in 2022 and #Facebook last week, there's less to see there and the average quality is lower.

There's an important argument for #leavingfacebook and #leavingtwitter that you don't see much, probably because people are modest.

I produce a *lot* of soc-med content, and I believe the quality is high too. So after I left #Twitter in 2022 and #Facebook last week, there's less to see there and the average quality is lower.

Ars Technica: Reddit won’t interfere with users revolting against X with subreddit bans. “Reddit is staying out of the current revolt against social media website X and, to a lesser degree, Meta, on its platform. Since Tuesday, hundreds of subreddits have discussed and/or implemented bans against the site formerly called Twitter, as reported by 404 Media. Dozens of subreddits have already […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/23/ars-technica-reddit-wont-interfere-with-users-revolting-against-x-with-subreddit-bans/

Ars Technica: Reddit won’t interfere with users revolting against X with subreddit bans. “Reddit is staying out of the current revolt against social media website X and, to a lesser degree, Meta, on its platform. Since Tuesday, hundreds of subreddits have discussed and/or implemented bans against the site formerly called Twitter, as reported by 404 Media. Dozens of subreddits have already […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/23/ars-technica-reddit-wont-interfere-with-users-revolting-against-x-with-subreddit-bans/

Mashable: Reddit sports mods, users calling for a ban on X links in posts. “In the fallout of Elon Musk’s baffling appearance during President Donald Trump’s inauguration, a curious new front in the ongoing online culture war has emerged: a push by Reddit sports mods and users to ban links to X (formerly known as Twitter).”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/22/mashable-reddit-sports-mods-users-calling-for-a-ban-on-x-links-in-posts/

Mashable: Reddit sports mods, users calling for a ban on X links in posts. “In the fallout of Elon Musk’s baffling appearance during President Donald Trump’s inauguration, a curious new front in the ongoing online culture war has emerged: a push by Reddit sports mods and users to ban links to X (formerly known as Twitter).”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/22/mashable-reddit-sports-mods-users-calling-for-a-ban-on-x-links-in-posts/

Just deactivated (which I hope, in the fulness of time, means deleted) my Twitter account.

Bit late to the party, I know, but I'd always insisted that this (below) was how I'd leave Twitter.

I have another account on mastodon.social. I'll probably consolidate that with this too.

I'll still need to flesh out my timeline here though. I need maybe a handful of hourly bots, same for news websites (all countries, don't be shy about language). Any suggestions -- I'm all ears (and a little bit of belly).

#twitter #twittermigration #leavingtwitter

AFP: French researchers aim to ease X refugees’ path with ‘HelloQuitX’. “Users are invited to transfer the lists of people they follow and their followers from X to Bluesky or Mastodon…. Even with help from the app, users must go through a multi-step process that begins with requesting their personal data from X — which the platform can take up to two days to deliver — before uploading it […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/17/afp-french-researchers-aim-to-ease-x-refugees-path-with-helloquitx/

AFP: French researchers aim to ease X refugees’ path with ‘HelloQuitX’. “Users are invited to transfer the lists of people they follow and their followers from X to Bluesky or Mastodon…. Even with help from the app, users must go through a multi-step process that begins with requesting their personal data from X — which the platform can take up to two days to deliver — before uploading it […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/17/afp-french-researchers-aim-to-ease-x-refugees-path-with-helloquitx/

I didnt know (and no one told me) that my old uni had left Twtr last October.

#leavingtwitter #twitter #x

I didnt know (and no one told me) that my old uni had left Twtr last October.

#leavingtwitter #twitter #x

Hihi.. über‘s IPhone hat’s geklappt! Tschö „x“!
In 30 Tagen ist mein Account Geschichte!
#x #accountlöschen #goodbye #LeavingTwitter #leavingX #socialmedia #musk #noX

Why I left Twitter after 15 years, the rise and fall of the platform under Elon Musk, and why Mastodon is now my social media home

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/social-media-2/2024/11/leaving-twitter

#LeavingTwitter #SocialMedia #Mastodon #ElonMusk #BlueskyVsMastodon

Why I left Twitter after 15 years, the rise and fall of the platform under Elon Musk, and why Mastodon is now my social media home

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/social-media-2/2024/11/leaving-twitter

#LeavingTwitter #SocialMedia #Mastodon #ElonMusk #BlueskyVsMastodon

Science: As academic Bluesky grows, researchers find strengths—and shortcomings. “Ever since Philipp Lorenz-Spreen stopped posting on X (formerly Twitter) last year and switched to Bluesky, he has noticed how differently he responds to the two platforms. ‘Whenever I go to X now I see outrageous shit, and I actually get sucked into it,’ says Lorenz-Spreen, who studies how social media and […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/12/science-as-academic-bluesky-grows-researchers-find-strengths-and-shortcomings/

Does it really make any sense to post/boost messages that should motivate people to leave #X here on #Mastodon?

I mean, they're all here (as well) and the target group number one is not here (yet). 🤷

I'm thinking of filtering all words related to Twitter/X because most posts seem to motivate a switch which is not relevant to me anymore.

#Xitter #LeavingTwitter #Fediverse

Does it really make any sense to post/boost messages that should motivate people to leave #X here on #Mastodon?

I mean, they're all here (as well) and the target group number one is not here (yet). 🤷

I'm thinking of filtering all words related to Twitter/X because most posts seem to motivate a switch which is not relevant to me anymore.

#Xitter #LeavingTwitter #Fediverse

Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, machine-translated from German: Universities and research institutions leave Platform X – Together for diversity, freedom and science. “More than 60 German-speaking universities and research institutions want to set an example and jointly announce that they will cease their activities on the platform X (formerly Twitter). The withdrawal is a result of […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/11/heinrich-heine-university-dusseldorf-universities-and-research-institutions-leave-platform-x-together-for-diversity-freedom-and-science/

Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, machine-translated from German: Universities and research institutions leave Platform X – Together for diversity, freedom and science. “More than 60 German-speaking universities and research institutions want to set an example and jointly announce that they will cease their activities on the platform X (formerly Twitter). The withdrawal is a result of […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/11/heinrich-heine-university-dusseldorf-universities-and-research-institutions-leave-platform-x-together-for-diversity-freedom-and-science/

Why I left Twitter after 15 years, the rise and fall of the platform under Elon Musk, and why Mastodon is now my social media home

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/social-media-2/2024/11/leaving-twitter

#LeavingTwitter #SocialMedia #Mastodon #ElonMusk #BlueskyVsMastodon #post

Why I left Twitter after 15 years, the rise and fall of the platform under Elon Musk, and why Mastodon is now my social media home

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/social-media-2/2024/11/leaving-twitter

#LeavingTwitter #SocialMedia #Mastodon #ElonMusk #BlueskyVsMastodon #post

Why I left Twitter after 15 years, the rise and fall of the platform under Elon Musk, and why Mastodon is now my social media home

#LeavingTwitter #SocialMedia #Mastodon #ElonMusk #BlueskyVsMastodon

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/social-media-2/2024/11/leaving-twitter

Why I left Twitter after 15 years, the rise and fall of the platform under Elon Musk, and why Mastodon is now my social media home

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/social-media-2/2024/11/leaving-twitter

#LeavingTwitter #SocialMedia #Mastodon #ElonMusk #BlueskyVsMastodon #newpost

Why I left Twitter after 15 years, the rise and fall of the platform under Elon Musk, and why Mastodon is now my social media home

#LeavingTwitter #SocialMedia #Mastodon #ElonMusk #BlueskyVsMastodon #newpost

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/social-media-2/2024/11/leaving-twitter

Why I left Twitter after 15 years, the rise and fall of the platform under Elon Musk, and why Mastodon is now my social media home

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/social-media-2/2024/11/leaving-twitter

#newpost #LeavingTwitter #SocialMedia #Mastodon #ElonMusk #BlueskyVsMastodon