Luke Plunkett –

Elon Musk first bought the site in 2022. It’s now July 2025, and I just don’t know how else to ask this but: what will it take to get you off Twitter? Because the third thing I see, despite all the fascists and slopsters and antisemitic artificial intelligence, despite the cliff-like drop-off in engagement metrics, is people I know still going through the motions and using the site like it was 2017.

I refuse to believe there is anything you are getting there, whether it be social or professional, that is worth the constant exposure to and indirect support of an outwardly fascist social media platform. Like, read the paragraph above this one back to yourself, and tell me honestly if it’s worth all of that just so you can continue to try to post some anime memes or catch some sports highlights or talk to the other three people you’re still talking to who haven’t deleted their account or moved to Bluesky because “I’m just tired of making new social media accounts, man”.

He’s not wrong.

I haven’t posted in a couple of years now. I go there out of habit. I really, really shouldn’t.

I loved Tweetbot. It made the platform so much better. Post-Musk-Takeover, I’ve had to use the official Twitter account and I hate it. I hate it so much, I pretty much never use it. In the meantime, I’m over at Bluesky and waiting desperately for the upcoming Bluesky Client for iOS/iPadOS & Mac from the makers of Tweetbot called Phoenix.

Today, I spent more time than I should have trying to do some migrating to Bluesky. Most, but not all, of the accounts I followed on Twitter have migrated over. There’s never been a better time to simply delete Twitter from my phone, my computer, and my life.

So here I go. Buh bye Twitter.