Goodbye, Twitter

Over the past few years, more and more people have been either using X (Formerly Twitter) less frequently or leaving altogether. In the past few weeks, those still using the platform have been noticing their follower numbers drop significantly.

I won't get into the many reasons for this now -- another post on the way regarding that very soon. But while I am still very much on the fence about whether or not I will completely deactivate my account, I haven't really been using it lately. And I'm not confident that I will have a good reason to start again.

Like many others, the possibility of having a "final post" on Twitter and never returning leaves me with mixed emotions. I built so much of my career on this platform. I met many of my friends and established significant personal and professional relationships there. To delete my entire history on Twitter feels a little bit like erasing part of my history overall.

Something I have been trying to remind myself through all this, however, is that Twitter -- as it has always been -- is just a social media app. The memories we have made exist outside of its pixels. The people we have met and the relationships we have formed are not bound to its algorithms -- and if they are, well, maybe we need to do some re-evaluating there. The things that happened to us because of Twitter will not cease to occur if we leave Twitter behind.

Social media apps will continue to come and go, but their existence does not define who we are or determine who we will become. Twitter may have been an era in your life, but perhaps it's time for you -- for all of us -- to close that chapter and begin a new one.