# I Quit Twitter and It Feels Great - The New York Times

<https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/01/opinion/quitting-twitter-lindy-west.html>

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## What Jamie wrote

A high-profile Twitter user signing off.

> I’m frequently approached by colleagues, usually women, who ask me about quitting Twitter with hushed titillation, as if I’ve escaped a cult or broken a particularly seductive taboo.

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