Twitter account protection debriefing

Several months ago I protected my #Twitter account to protect myself from myself. I wasn’t a target of any harassment, but I often couldn’t help myself replying on random people’s replies on a tweet that was shared by my contacts. This regularly devolved into dragged-on, sleep-depriving, anxiety-inducing conversation that lead nowhere.

Today, I’m still sometimes disappointed that I can’t directly reply to my Twitter contacts that aren’t following me back, but I also remind myself that I can come across as annoying on Internet, so little of value is lost in that regard.

But on the other hand, I can’t remember the last time I had a night-long pointless conversation with a random Twitter user who ultimately doesn’t care about what I have to say. It doesn’t happen on #Friendica because I only receive the posts and replies from my direct contacts, which limits my exposure to toxic accounts.

Which means that I don’t have to protect my #Friendica account, and I’m grateful for it.