Alexander Zeitler

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Farewell, again...

Published on Tuesday, November 19, 2024

We're living in interesting times (I think that's a very polite way of putting
it).

Back in 2008, when I joined Twitter, it was a place mostly for developers or
nerds - and it was a good place.

It's not that there were no differences of opinion there, but I don't remember
a discussion about tabs vs spaces degenerating into death threats or lawsuits.

Over time, as with the internet a few years ago, Social Media became mainstream
and Twitter, the happy place, was no longer a happy place.

I have tried to stick with it in various ways: I tried lists, read-only
accounts and whatnot.

In 2022, I joined Mastodon and in 2023 I joined Bluesky.

But none of them fixed the major problem for me: politics in public.

These discussions take place at a level that makes me sick and everyone claims
the absolute truth for themselves.

I don't want to spend my life reading things like that.

In early 2015, I've said [9]farewell to several things.

And now I'm saying farewell, again.

Goodbye Social Media, and thanks for the fish.

(I will keep my accounts to avoid abuse)

Update:

There's [10]something new here.

What are your thoughts about
"Farewell, again..."?
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Drop me a line - I'm looking forward to your feedback!
Please be aware that I'm [12]no longer active on social media. I'm just cross
posting things over there (it's a bot).
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