Went back on Twitter yesterday and immediately taking another one-week break. Think I’ll just do it on Tuesdays and called it Twitter Tuesday or maybe See You Next Tuesday.

There’s a great account for covid and “climate change” on it @ethicalskeptic I follow, but he never shows up in my chronological feed — I have to click specifically on his handle to see his posts. And if they’re doing that to some of my follows, I imagine they’re also doing that to me with respect to some of my followers.

In other words, I can’t be sure what I’m posting is reaching the audience that wants to see it.

One could argue — well, that’s still better than having it reach your 46 followers on NOSTR, likely half of which are only checking once/week at most.

But it’s not.

I’ve heard #[0]​ argue to avoid buying the Twitter checkmark due to KYC, but while I returned my check and stopped paying, it was never really due to KYC or the info they had on me.

After all, I post under my own name here and at Substack, so it’s not like they’d have to look hard to figure out I’m an apostate to their religion. It’s that your entire online world is built on a shaky foundation when your presence is on Twitter or the other even worse social networks. The more you invest in your history and identity there, the worse they can rug you.

It’s really a lot like the fiat financial system — you’re at the whim of centralized actors who do not remotely have your best interests at heart, and will play dirty without hesitation. And unlike the financial system, there is no requirement I use it to pay my bills or taxes.

So I deleted Twitter from my phone — stuck with NOSTR while I’m waiting on line or killing time somewhere — and for now I’m only using it once a week, on Tuesdays, largely to promote what I’m doing here and on Substack.

Plus I like to say See You Next Tuesday.