Came on and politely followed two people back. They both immediately DMd me, one claiming to be a facilitator for “Blusky rewards”, the other asking for my phone so “she” could text me. Jaysus. Well, I can say there are fewer Nazis. But scammers abound here just as they do there.

Hey, if you’re a buxom 20 something wearing a bikini for “her” profile pic or your bio says “block chain expert” (because apparently “scammer” is too obvious) … don’t waste your time following me. I’m almost but not quite that stupid.

Still trying to escape Twitter. It won’t deactivate my account. So I went over, tried again, got the oops message, and just clicked on my Home Screen for a glance. Still a Nazi hellscape, but today someone called the owner “Sissy SpaceX” and it was glorious.

I keep trying to de-activate my Twitter and keep getting an “oops, something wrong, try later” message. This has been going on for a week.

Thing is, while I’m there I can’t resist poking my head in to glance around and holy fuck it’s so harrowing. As more good people leave the Nazi soup thickens.

I’m trying to maintain my faith this won’t turn into just another medium for hustlers to sell you bitcoin or nudies or some scam, but I’m regularly getting DMs from people I don’t know and I feel snake bitten, torn between politeness and “fuck off, scammer”? Am I alone being hesitant to engage?

I hovered over the Bluesky icon on my tablet, seized by an unreasonable, inchoate dread. I had to remind myself “This is not Twitter. You won’t be immediately engulfed in hate messages from Nazis and white supremacists and billionaire narcissists”. I clicked on the icon and it was just lovely.