I set my account to private before “leaving” but didn’t delete (and I still get notifs). I’m sad iIhad to leave my fannish community there but nearly everyone from my closest group chat made the transition to a different space. They’re mostly still on twitter for fan things but I just couldn’t stomach it anymore.
Still really missing the JPN fan artists for some of my niche interests, though. That sounds like a small thing but to me, it’s not.
I do feel that a lot of people who say “just leave twitter!” are assuming that twitter users are just partaking in public political discourse. But I and my friends are/were there to participate in long term fannish associations, some of which go back as far as usenet in the 90s.
Leaving was very costly to me in my social and creative life. I’m on Bluesky now and it’s getting pretty good there but there’s a long way to go to rebuild connections and communities.
