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This is how I feel as well: I’ve been pretty ambivalent about twitter for a while (seems like a good machine for getting into arguments online), but network effects have kept me on it. That network effect might be now be breaking.

It's the Trust Thermocline: https://mastodon.social/@garius/109279394369832433

I should have linked to that in my post, because it was very influential on my thinking. It helped me realize that my trust in Twitter had just been completely decimated.

> For me it is much, much simpler. I invest a lot of my time in putting content and thoughts onto a platform.

Maybe you should invest your time productively instead

Maybe I phrased that wrong: I don't use "a lot" of my time in absolute terms on social media (an hour a week maybe), but I value my time so if I spend it somewhere I want it to count.

And no worries, I am more productive than most people would find normal, but thanks for your "productive" comment.