I Fight For The Users
blog.codinghorror.com/i-fight-for-the-users
What Jamie wrote
Atwood's blog is great, and it’s been a while since he has shared an essay. I loved his TRON invocation of "Fight for the Users". I've banged on about social media plenty, but a little less about X (formerly Twitter). If I wrote a post, it would be a copy of what Atwood has shared here.
I urge you, all of you, to disavow Twitter and never look at it again. No one who cares about their mental health should be on Twitter at this point, or linking to Twitter and feeding it the attention it thrives on.
I've added X and Twitter domains to my social media blocking list in 1Blocker. It is great to have powerful tools to clean the Internet up a bit for me. My only diversion from Atwood's recommendation would be to go deeper on blogging. Swapping X for Threads or Mastodon is possibly slightly better, but it is still encouraging a superficial information ecosystem.
Also, I love the plaques he is auctioning! I put a bid in on one. 🤞