Goodness, Emily- I’m glad you got out of Twitter before Musk destroyed it.

I was never a super-fan of Twitter, but I appreciated it as a vehicle for the silenced to have their say. The APIs made it possible for trends to be parsed out of the data stream, and for innovators to create new kinds of service. It must have been a huge battle to moderate and keep even slightly rational/positive. I applauded when Trump’s lies resulted in his banning.

Then Musk came back and undid everything good. The APIs became impossible to use due to extreme monetization. The bullies, racists, and bigots were magnified instead of tamped down. The blue checkmarks became purchasable without any practical attempt at validation.

How sad to see something that was at least trying to be a net good turn into such a cesspit. I can’t imagine how that must have hurt for the dedicated people inside the company. Mind you, Musk fired 80% of the staff in the first few weeks so most of the good people were long gone before things really turned south.