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> I was on Twitter since 2007, and built a meaningful part of my career on it, and I won’t be posting at all, for the foreseeable future, because I think it does matter.

If you’re someone active in your community and always there and suddenly you stopped, do you think people would notice?

They do. If they search for you and find this, it’s telling them you’re okay, just not there anymore, and why.

If you don’t care. That’s fine. To the people that do care, this explains why.

> Is it normal for people to make a big deal about their personal decision to stop frequenting a particular restaurant

It's extremely common for people to complain when a restaurant they frequented and enjoyed turns for the worse, yes.

when I'm screwed by some business I'll tell anybody who will listen and I hold the grudge for years lmao

He has 389,000 Twitter followers. It's not the same thing.

If that restaurant has a lot of regulars that you interact every day, it is reasonable to say "Good bye, I am not coming back".

wait until you hear about Leaving New York essays

Yes, actually.