SOCIAL MEDIA

Why I Finally Left 𝕏 for Bluesky

And why, as a writer, you should join me there

Photo by Nikola Johnny Mirkovic on Unsplash

Bluesky grew by at least a million users over the past week. If you’re a writer, you should be one of them.

In case you weren’t aware, there’s an exodus happening right now. People are leaving 𝕏 in droves and going over to where the sky is blue.

Ever since Elon bought Twitter in 2022 for $44 billion, we’ve all been grumbling and complaining about how he has been destroying the platform.

Now we’ve finally had enough.

For many people, the final straw came when Musk used the platform to help carry Trump to power in the US election.

Trump’s election didn’t just terrify Americans — it terrified the entire world.

Musk’s support for Trump has been so vociferous, it led to him being dubbed “America’s First Lady” after he appeared in a recent Trump family photo, from which Melania was conspicuously absent.

The resulting slew of A.I.-generated images of ‘Elonia’ were entertaining, but not enough to make me stay on his toxic platform.

I’ve had one foot out the door for some time now, but it seemed a shame to lose the following I’d built up there (on two separate accounts)…