Posted on 09/03/2024 6:06:32 PM PDT by ducttape45
This is (I hope) going to be a short narrative, but I felt this needs to be shared for hopefully the benefit of others here.
I am leaving Twitter/X. I'm done with it, and it's for reasons you might not think.
Let me say that I'm glad Elon Musk bought it and opened it up to be used as it's supposed to be used. I'm glad the many folks that were once banned under the old regime were able to have their accounts restored. And I'm glad it is being used as a means to expose the lies, hatred, bigotry and sheer evilness of everyone who wants to destroy this nation.
That said, I am leaving it because it has taken my focus off the one thing, or Person rather, that I should be concentrating on and communicating with, our Lord Jesus Christ. I can get the important news here on Free Republic (thank you Jim!) and at the same time get spiritual encouragement as well. Also, there are brothers and sisters here that I cannot thank enough for being there for me, especially the last couple of years as I deal with the effects of Long Covid.
I'm also deleting "The Liberty Daily" out of my morning routines as it is also a very depressing website to visit, and I don't like the way it uses, shall we say, "more colorful metaphors and adjectives." Sure, there is not much good to share from the left, but to use the derogatory surnames is shameful.
So that's it. Every morning when I bring up the morning news, this will be the only website I visit for all the happenings that are the most important to know about.
Thank you all for the time it took for you read this posting!
That’s a fair reason to end your relationship with social media.
Mia T did it better.
I hardly ever go there. I mean once every couple of months, if that. Except recently. I got banned from yet another site where I was a long time member because they didn’t like my position and how well, and how politely I was defending myself against the leftists. It motivated me to give X and Reddit a shot. Both were a waste of time. X is nothing but people posting something and then saying something like “what do you think. I’m not that easily baited.
I lost interest. Freerepublic is still the best one.
You do you bro. More power to ya.
X is where the news is these days. Also, there are some technical people I follow.
Maybe you just need a little more balance. I think we all tend to indulge in one thing or another from time to time. But you’re correct, Jesus should always come first.
FR is all you need. The beauty of FR (no finer news aggregate exists imho)is you’ll get the unpleasant news politically as well.
I’m pretty addicted to Twitter during this campaign but it’s not anything I actually need. Praise Jesus Christ!
Absolutely, it’s up to you to limit whom you follow to use it effectively.
Wise decision to put God first . I only get my news from here and “The Liberty Daily.”
After the 2020 election, I decided to leave drudge for good. Could no longer stand the left leaning platform. I found liberty daily, but it too did not fit the bill. Then I stumbled into Noah Report. It is the polar opposite of drudge.
Well welcome to the club friend, good on you to muster the integrity and comitment. Our own site and the FR is all for me anymore. Haven’t been using Twitter for years now. And I’m done with Youtube completely. I would do some Rumble if anyone would actually post to there.
I wish more had the strength to stand on principle as you are Sir. Well done...
I’ve only used FR as a social media place for years....tried one other and wasn’t happy there..... I do ‘drop in’ at ‘X’ but it’s not my go to place ‘for news’ unless a major event happening. Plus I look for photos there to bring here. Same thing with Daily Mail.
You do have to put limits on where you spend your time in everything...and be selective.
I remain grateful, to this day, that my hiring company out of college discouraged (almost to the point of forbidding) any activity on social media. FR is as close as I get.
Good Bye . . . and thank for all the fish.
Thanks for posting and sharing. I never got on twitter but know what a time waster it is. FR is enough for me and I also go once a day to Truth Social. Where your feed is only people you follow and I don’t have many. I agree follow Christ and it’s all we really need.
I’m lucky to spend 30 minutes a day on Twitter. If you’re relying on free Republic for your news, you’re missing out on a lot. Hours ago, Dan Bongino posted a video on how it looks like FBI and Secret Service were involved in planting the bombs on January 6th. Where did I see that on X? It’s not on free Republic.
I disliked Twitter but certainly appreciate it and enjoy it now that it is X. I see the posts of people I follow, not the wide world of X. That’s where I get my good conservative news from. Obviously I also come over here to FR for the discussion of the latest news.
Just a side note, I would have posted the story, but it’s a pain posting things on this site.
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