r/technology • u/RunDNA • Nov 15 '24

Social Media Stephen King leaves X, describing atmosphere as "too toxic"

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/15/stephen-king-quits-x-atmosphere-too-toxic
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u/saturdaybinge Nov 15 '24

As someone who’s been on Twitter for 9 years and just recently quit it as well, I can only say that a lot of us had the mentality of “I was here before him and I’ll be here after him”.

It just sucks to leave a platform you’ve been using for years because of the familiarity and all the people you’ve encountered over the years. But at some point we have to face the music and realise it’s become a shithole. So I’m out too

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u/hiro24 Nov 15 '24

Had the same feeling when I quit Facebook.

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u/rushmc1 Nov 15 '24

Really? I danced with joy and never looked back (like 9 years ago now).

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u/Individual_Plan_5816 Nov 15 '24

I think at a certain age I just had zero interest in websites like Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat. It's like team sports. I just don't think about them until someone else mentions them. If it weren't so good for learning languages with foreign language subreddits and auto-translating English subreddits, I probably would get sick of Reddit as well.