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Tag: Twitter

  • Frog

    Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve seen several writers compare the situation on Twitter to a frog sitting in a pan of water. Just like the fictional frog, sitting in the water and not noticing it approaching a lethal boiling point, the remaining users of Twitter are described as sitting in a pan of…

  • Revisiting the swamp

    Earlier this week, I dipped my toe back into the swamp that is Twitter. It was a grim experience. Ever since moving most of my social media attention to mastodon, I’ve left Twitter to wither. I haven’t shut down my accounts (I have professional and personal accounts), but the app is no longer on my…

  • Watching Twitter burn

    I’ve been a Twitter user for over ten years. I dread to think how much of my life has been spent scrolling through the timeline. Over the years, Twitter has been fun and infuriating in equal measure. I’ve used it for personal expression, for business and to build a professional profile. But I basically stopped…

  • Just like starting over

    I recently decided to make travel the sole focus of my main blog. It’s a passion. Something I spend a lot of time planning and enjoying. But it’s not all I’m interested in, so I wanted to have another space to share my thoughts. Plus, with the recent meltdown over on Twitter, I realised I…