Why I Logged Off Twitter
Think of Twitter as a city.
It’s large and dense and thrillingly cosmopolitan. Its streets and lanes are crowded with fascinating characters, crammed with treasures of knowledge and culture.
But like any big human agglomeration, Twitter attracts predators: crooks and fanatics and bullies, who deceive and abuse people for profit, power, or perverted fun.
The city has never been well policed. Maybe policing it effectively was never possible. But now the city has a new mayor—and it’s as if Oswald Cobblepot (a.k.a. the Penguin) has taken over Gotham.
Within hours of Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter, the U.S. political system was shaken by a vicious crime. A man reportedly in the grip of QAnon-style delusions forced his way into the San Francisco home of the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. He allegedly hoped to kidnap the speaker, and interrogate and torture her. She was not at home, but her
