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I left Twitter in 2023, when I realized that Elon's changes had made the site useless for me. I had a half million followers, but his new algorithm drove my engagement numbers down to nothing. I wasn't actually reaching anyone. I was just providing cover for Nazis. So I left. You can too. Honest!

I haven’t been blind to the steady enshittification of Elon’s Twitter, but I’ve been telling myself that I still had a big platform — just under a half million followers — and the growing strength of misinformation on the platform meant I had a duty to stay and push back against it.
Except, as I slowly realized, I don’t have a big platform anymore. Engagement on all my posts is down dramatically under the new system, and a post that would’ve racked up a thousand RTs immediately is now lingering for days with a dozen or so.
I think my fellow (former) big accounts there need to realize that we’re experiencing a bit of a phantom limb syndrome. We still have a big number of followers, but they’re not actually seeing what we post and we’re not remotely having the impact that we once did (or at least thought we did).
Again, all we’re doing is giving our personal seal of approval and a sense of legitimacy to a place that’s rapidly becoming an alt-right hangout of grifters and grievance artists.
ryan cooper@ryanlcooper.com · 2w ago

"Musk’s meddling in the site’s algorithm to suppress certain kinds of posts and elevate others is well documented. So if your anti-fascist posts on X are still getting views, it’s either because these posts are so toothless as to escape Musk’s notice, or because they are in fact useful to him."

Costa Rica sent 102 forest firefighters and three specialist technicians to the province of British Columbia, Canada, to support the fight against forest fires, the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) reported on Thursday. Thank you Costa Rica 🥰 noticiassin.com/mundo/2026/0...

Costa Rica envía 102 bomberos a Canadá para ayudar a combatir los incendios forestales

Costa Rica envía 102 bomberos a Canadá para combatir incendios en Columbia Británica, fortaleciendo la cooperación internacional y mejorando su experiencia.

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I think Twitter-style social media is a really exciting idea. I’ve always thought so. I hope someday someone gets it right! This place is better that Twitter itself, but that’s not saying much. I’m just biding my time here until something nicer comes along TBH.

Chiitan loves all genders 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Because I myself have no gender. Even now, transgender people are carrying deep anxiety— yet I believe they have the right to freely love the ones they desire, and to live together with their true soul.