Bye Twitter
I knew this day would come. Well, let me be clear. I have been verified on Twitter since 2015. It was a proud day when I got it. I had a couple of pieces go viral and I felt like I made it. Like I was appreciated.
Well, I am a realist, and I did not live up to the blue checkmark. I stopped writing. I got lazy and tweeted replies instead. I am not going to rehash this for you. But I am going to admit that I probably do not deserve it today.
So as you may know, Twitter did away with the “legacy” program. 99% of journalists, athletes, and celebrities do not have blue checkmarks saying who they are. The other 1% are spending all day explaining to people why they decided to but Twitter Blue. It is just a big cluster.
So with this, I am finally good with limiting Twitter and eventually leaving.
Now, you might think this is sour grapes about me. I assure you, it is not. I tried to navigate on Twitter for two hours after they took away the legacy checkmarks and it is unbearable. So many fake accounts now. Paid checkmarks are spewing dumb sh*t. It is not about me at all. I wish they would have taken mine away and let people I enjoy keep theirs.
But I have no desire to research who is real and who isn’t. I am praying they reverse this for the others. Because it really is not fun anymore And I think that is why I am kind of bummed.
I also did a lot of art and sports card sales direct on Twitter. I do not feel super comfortable doing it like I once did.
Anyway, I have spent all week doing some thinking as it is. I love Substack. Truly love everything about it. And I have not used it like I should, which is to tell my story and share insight on things. More often. I am still very small here. I want to write more and more, so I will.
I also am going to use Spoutible more to share thoughts. I am going to use ETSY to sell my art and Ebay to sell my sports cards. I hate it because I miss personally getting to know people through art sales. But I also think I will be doing more chats with small groups.
Anyway, tomorrow I will update everyone on a few things. But wanted to share this in case you see my Twitter account locked or me not responding to people like I did.