Twitter, Mastodon - and the seven stages of grief
As the hunger/squid games rage on at Twitter HQ, there's a large amount of folks who use the site who are curious as to whether or not there will be a site left for them to tweet on come year end. Others are more certain that the site will continue to exist, but are unsure what kind of changes (both technical and spiritual) might be implemented that might make Twitter an unwelcome or unsavory place for them. I'm one of the folks half-heartedly exploring other options, but we can discuss more about that later. Today's topic is the psychological impact of leaving a social media site.* I have a bit of experience with this sort of adventure - as I spent a good six or seven years hanging out with the community of folks over imgur.com . I had a great time shitposting, visiting local landmarks , and earning hundreds of thousand of fake internet points. I got to "know" (as much as you can on a semi-anonymous internet site) a number of the well known folks on the site, an