Stephen King leaves X, describing atmosphere as 'too toxic'

(theguardian.com)

34 points | by gniting 4 hours ago

6 comments

  • mountainriver 2 hours ago
    Bluesky is actually a lot of fun right now!
    • gniting 2 hours ago
      Yeah. Spending time here over the past few days. Seems less... toxic
  • dyauspitr 40 minutes ago
    What’s preventing Bluesky from eventually getting all the same trolls and being just as toxic?
    • SR2Z 31 minutes ago
      The fact that it's not run by a "free speech absolutist" who actually just wants to see more conservative attacks on liberals on the platform.
    • krapp 22 minutes ago
      Nothing, they're already showing up just to own the libs.
  • ImJamal 1 hour ago
    Stephan King leaving will help X become less toxic. Seems like a win for those who want a less toxic X.
    • spacedcowboy 27 minutes ago
      Twitter has been a cesspool ever since Musk bought it. It wasn’t great before, but now - yeesh.

      Looks like he’s not the only one, the Grauniad newspaper announced [1] they’re leaving too a couple of days ago, because (wait for it) it’s toxic as hell.

      ‘The US presidential election campaign served only to underline what we have considered for a long time: that X is a toxic media platform and that its owner, Elon Musk, has been able to use its influence to shape political discourse.’

      You might say: “X is right at the center of all things toxic”

      1: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/13/why-the-guardi...

    • dyauspitr 39 minutes ago
      You can’t just say “no you” every time you’re criticized for something.
      • incrudible 21 minutes ago
        Ordinarily I would agree, but Stephen King is a no holds barred shitbait poster. Not that there is anything inherently reprehensible about that, but then leaving for toxicity just seems self-unaware.
  • polski-g 1 hour ago
    It certainly seems like he was a contributor to said toxicity.
  • iancmceachern 1 hour ago
    I think that we should all put this nonsense down and:

    Just

    Go

    Outside

    • e1gen-v 1 hour ago
      After deleting my instagram and Snapchat accounts I’ve realized that life isn’t too shabby. :)
      • gniting 31 minutes ago
        yeah, got rid of FB years ago... was a good choice.