2023-04-19: &done

ever since musk bought twitter it's gotten progressively more awful. the whole feel of the site changed. the fun's gone. the vibe's shifted. blue checks to anyone who pays $8 month. the return of the racists and white supremacists. everything broken all the time.

i have facebook, but don't use it. i have instagram, but don't use it. twitter's now locked, so is this it? am i finally done with social media?

i locked my account earlier in the morning. cleared my profile bit by bit throughout the day, getting a little thrill each time. realizing i wanted to do this, a lot. i've checked a couple of times on desktop, and — nothing. i don't feel the urge to scroll. no notifications. no messages. radio silence.

this feels like a step forward, and a step back in time: more time to write. to work on my projects, online and off. getting back to meeting people through websites and guestbooks and burner emails; through geminispace, and my alias there. all rough edges, but real. whatever we make.

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