Goodbye, Twitter

Today I shut down my Twitter account. Doing so filled me with immense joy.

I’d long contemplated deleting my small corner of the tweet-verse, but I kept limping along, out of an obligation to my Author Platform.

It is said that an author needs a Social Media Presence, so I felt Twitter was mandatory. Millions use the platform, and we’ve become so accustomed to it that we think nothing of writing (or even speaking) in hashtags.

An author who dedicates themselves to Twitter can surely meet new...