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For context, I have deleted my Twitter account. But when I did use it, it was exclusively to follow bands/musicians, so I never encountered anything other than musicians and their fans. It was for the most part a nice experience, minus the band mate/fan made drama, but I never followed or cared for that aspect anyways. I never encountered the racist, homophobic, or nazi-like shit most news articles talk about because my bubble was strictly defined to music. I just followed to be informed on the latest band's album news or tour updates and things like that.
But since I'm not a hermit, and I'm AWARE of what Twitter has become, I've left it behind because I don't want to support a single cent of ad revenue to the asshat in charge. I can still get most of my music related news from Discord (which has its own host of problems, but I digress), so I stopped using Twitter and refuse to click any of it's links. And even if I have to click a Twitter link from a journalist or something, I have Nitter Redirect addon for Firefox installed, so at least there's that option as a last resort. Other than that Twitter is fucking dead to me.
I’m gutted for you. That must suck. Something that was/is incredibly useful you now feel you can’t use. Good luck keeping up with things - whatever channels you end up using.
I appreciate that. While it does suck, there was life before Twitter, so I've reverted back to that. The only alternative is to follow artists on Facebook or Insta, but honestly fuck those apps just as much. I do pay/use Apple Music so I do still get notified when any of my following artist release a new album/EP, so in the grand scheme of things, there's not too much of a change I suppose. What is lost though, is the community aspect of sharing show photos or tour experiences or connecting with other like-minded fans. But I'd rather lose all of that than continue to support Twitter, so even tho it's a loss, just out of spite for brain-dead billionaires it kind of feels like a win too.
That’s an incredibly moral stand to take online. Losing things of (personal) value to yourself. Have some internet applause from me. Music and musicians will always find a way to connect people so eventually we’ll all be OK again.