My buddy Mike sent me screen shots from Twitter (see below). It seems I'm missed. Twitter had its flaws, but it was a better experience, in many ways, than Gab currently is. Gab has some interesting people, but it's also fairly univocal, and there's a great deal of alt-right racism and antisemitism. Not to say that Twitter was bigotry-free (ha!), but I suppose the darkness is more visible on Gab because it's a self-selecting demographic of similar-minded people. The assholes stand out more clearly because there's less background noise.
Anyway, I do feel sad about abandoning so many Twitter e-friends. They were and are good folks. At the same time, I'm sure they're doing just fine without me.
i miss you where you've never even been: facebook. i'm glad you keep up with your blog
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ReplyDeleteActually, I was on Facebook for a few years, but I ended up leaving it for some of the same reasons I left Twitter, including the issue of poor security.
I joined Facebook in 2007 (see here) and left soon after Mom died, around 2010. In 2012, I briefly mulled coming back.
That said, I appreciate the sentiments!