@ColinTHFC I do agree that this is going to be a tough winter and I'm not being Pollyanna about it - I'm furious we're in this position. I am hopeful that this will be a catalyst for change.

@Remittancegirl *there not their 🙄

@Remittancegirl @RodSmith That's amazing! How wonderful for their baby to come into the world amongst laughter and joy, and how special that you were their to share that moment ☺️

@DrRoo Definitely keeping as passive observer, as some of the 'good folk' I follow haven't made the move yet, such as https://twitter.com/StationCDRKelly?t=TCnEmtSTMYuHuvLY7Vv0zw&s=09

@DrRoo Another reason to retain the Twitter account for the time being at least is to use it to persuade people to move here. (Good people, that is, not the trolls.)

@DrRoo I voted with the majority, this time apparently. On that platform, I've stopped following additional accounts, deleted all my DMs and won't be posting.
I'll check my account from time to time, but just to observe the implosion.

@DrRoo I feel much lighter of heart over here. Even when I joke on t'other site, it's often morbid or bleak humour. A better place all around.

@DrRoo
Definitely a difference in the dopamine system😀

🐘is much more relaxed! 😎

@DrRoo

Indeed.

I confess that the other place is where I still doom scroll. So long as it survives and some real blue ticks I follow remain only there, I will continue to check it.

A very different experience on the #Fediverse using Mastodon. Including, currently at least, more engagement from the 'experts' I follow, freed from the trolls that spoiled the signal to noise ratio.

@DrRoo @Sbectol Mine was mostly people RT politics. 🫤

@DrRoo Yes. Same response. Keeping Twitter open for my small business and that’s all I am now posting there. I had a peek at some of my timeline and it just felt overwhelming. I trudge over to Twitter whereas I skip into Mastodon because I know I will see at least 5 beautiful things here on my timeline. I do have a couple of lovely DM groups there so I keep up with them.

@DrRoo
yeah,in that bird app what i felt was
i am inundated with many information which are superfluous.

Sometime it made me feel like I am lacking knowledge, skills.
also
I felt some sort of stress while scrolling or interacting.
I felt the urge to do something in order to gain attention

Here in this app(mastodon) i feel like "i am the only person using this app"
I don't feel any kind of stress here (until now)

@DrRoo I find this site far more stressful. Over on twitter I understand the social model I'm dealing with, I know what the tools to deal with problem are and where the limits are, and I have a pretty good intuitive understanding of how to identify a likely-problem account. Here, I'm dealing with an entirely new social model and I don't have any real grasp on where the lines are with the various moderators. The threat I know, etc.

@DrRoo same!

As a member of Peace Pledge Union I'd like to share a link to their alternative remembrance ceremony (accessible online).

I wear a white poppy which originated in the 1930s and represents remembrance for all victims of war, commitment to peace and rejection of militarism.

https://www.ppu.org.uk/civicrm/event/info%3Fid%3D301%26reset%3D1?s=09

Also, is anyone else able recognise their physical and psychological response to going on #Twitter in comparison to going on #Mastodon? I find that with the #BirdApp I immediately feel a sense of dread, gloom and trepidation, whereas here I feel lighter and excited to see my new friends.

@PublicHealthInnit I agree, a lot of the political journalists I follow are still using it and that's my main reason for checking it every so often.

So my completely non-scientific poll shows that out of 97 people who took part:
☑️ 20% have left Twitter
☑️ 27% still use Twitter
☑️ 55% have Twitter but aren't using it as much

From this poll and the comments shared, it seems that people are keeping their #Twitter accounts to retain control of their account name, to watch it implode and have become observers not participators (this is where I am at the moment, keeping it but not using it)

Big thank-you to everyone who took part ☺️