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/_BLACK_BY_NAME_ Nov 15 '24

This is going to be me with Reddit sooner or later. Fucking corpo schmucks ruined it…

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u/Maxwell1234 Nov 15 '24

Anyone remember digg?

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u/TheVenetianMask Nov 15 '24

I remember when people quit platforms over redesigns. Now they have to drop hydrogen bombs on coughing babies for people to move on.

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u/sprucenoose Nov 15 '24

Nonsense the user base will just turn the coughing babies into another meme and adapt to life with toxic radiation.

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u/Livid_Weather Nov 15 '24

Critical mass changed because of the volume of people