I left Twitter last year to focus on my startup, but had missed the community so I decided to try and get back in the New Year. My first attempt to rejoin left me very confused as to why scammers and spammers in my messages had a blue check mark. After a couple of days exploring the new twitter under the Elon reign it was very apparent how badly Twitter was run and the toxic environment that has harvested through it. I have kept Twitter to stay in touch with some of the good friends I made on there but the value otherwise has disappeared. - Randi
In case it helps: I’ve lost my legacy blue check a week before the removal of legacy blue checks was even announced and yes, it was after public criticism of Elon Musk. Coincidence?
I’ve been a daily Twitter user for probably 10 years myself and the past two weeks deleted it from my devices in an attempt to move on. I caved once but so far it seems to be somewhat sticking as I search for other outlets.
But it makes me sad. I miss Twitter (which is also sad in its own way). I don’t truthfully want to leave it but my values don’t align with the new owner and I feel... gross now when I use it and know who & what I’m supporting. So alas.
I loved your story ! Very well written and a sharp analysis of what’s going on.
A moment in internet history.
I left Twitter last year to focus on my startup, but had missed the community so I decided to try and get back in the New Year. My first attempt to rejoin left me very confused as to why scammers and spammers in my messages had a blue check mark. After a couple of days exploring the new twitter under the Elon reign it was very apparent how badly Twitter was run and the toxic environment that has harvested through it. I have kept Twitter to stay in touch with some of the good friends I made on there but the value otherwise has disappeared. - Randi
The situation is worse than most people can imagine
https://protos.com/twitter-verification-is-making-scammers-millions-heres-how/
In case it helps: I’ve lost my legacy blue check a week before the removal of legacy blue checks was even announced and yes, it was after public criticism of Elon Musk. Coincidence?
It's impossible to know if it was intentional or incidental!
I left Twatter aka The Rage Machine in 2020 after...umm...14 years. I miss Twatter like I miss having a second asshole. Well done Chris.
I’ve been a daily Twitter user for probably 10 years myself and the past two weeks deleted it from my devices in an attempt to move on. I caved once but so far it seems to be somewhat sticking as I search for other outlets.
But it makes me sad. I miss Twitter (which is also sad in its own way). I don’t truthfully want to leave it but my values don’t align with the new owner and I feel... gross now when I use it and know who & what I’m supporting. So alas.
Good riddance! I put my account to sleep a few days ago too. Enough is enough.
Well said the other side is getting hard, but great you've made everything clear.
And the hashtag(ger) exits, yet, still exists on 4/20. Twitter is dead to me. Long live the hashtag!
👋🏻 happy to be here and writing longform again!