A Quieter Place: Why textlog Reminds Me of the Twitter I Actually Miss

I left Twitter before it became X. Not in some grand, principled exit — no manifesto post, no &ldquo;see you on Mastodon&rdquo; farewell thread. I just quietly stopped opening the app one day, and never really went back. By the time Elon Musk&rsquo;s name was on the masthead, I was already gone. So when people ask if I miss &ldquo;old Twitter,&rdquo; I have to clarify: I don&rsquo;t miss what it…