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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I do have a Twitter account but I almost never use it anymore because it has become such a cesspool...

I just don't think another copy of that cesspool run by a different asshole is likely to really be any more interesting than the original.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I did have an account, until the API changes made Twitteriffic unusable and all the people I follow left. Then I started using Reddit.

Now I use Mastodon and Lemmy. I will not go back to using a Social network that does not have; A) an open API which allows my choice of third party apps. B) a way to migrate my data and content.

The exceptions are Apple Messages (for family and close friends), SMS (for family and close friends who do t have iPhones) and Facebook under a fake name, sandboxed in FireFox Focus.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

We all have our exception (s)