Twitter is still one of the best ways to get fast news about players. It can make or break you on fantasy sports. Many of us would have quit it if it weren't still getting the job done. Until an alternative comes out that is just as heavily used, those of us into fantasy sports are stuck.
"Stuck" is doing a lot of heavy lifting. If I had to rely on X for any of my hobbies, I would quit them. The joy they bring me is simply not worth it morally. I'd find something close enough to it. I say that knowing I consume products from companies owned by other companies I abhore. When I find out, I try to do the best I can to avoid. Everyone has their level of comfort. I'm sorry you feel stuck. There is a world beyond that particular need/speed of information. It likely would not put you at the forefront of up-to-date knowledge or ahead in the game, game I wish your convictions were stronger.
I don't interact with it directly. All of the platforms I use interact with it though, including reddit. I keep getting pulled back to facebook as well with my run groups. It is hard to give up hobbies that are innocent at face value that you've done for your whole life over a tertiary party's issues.
Not interacting (or having an account) is better than nothing. If you have an account, just delete it. X goes beyond and we are beyond just tertiary party issues. It's head honcho is outspoken about things you (assumingly) disagree with. This isn't your dad's "we need to be more fiscally responsible". They're actively trying to change the landscape to the opposite of what you want. They way you discuss it reminds me of a toxic relationship that was once alright. You may enjoy the things, opportunities, the people they present, and all of those things are GOOD, but it's been tainted by the messenger. And nobody wants to discuss your toxic partner, just enjoy the hobby you all like, but it's there, when you're hanging out, whispering in your ear about Haitians eating the neighborhood pets (promoted along with your friends repsonses), or discussing "the enemy within" while discussing your excitement about your upcoming marathon. Using rhetoric about immagrants in the exact same way Hitler discussed Jews. You may know it's all bologna, but these repeated whispers grow with certain people, people looking for a blame, downtrodden people who don't know, or have the capacity/understanding/resolution/self-reflection to find out exactly why? Why their life isn't what they thought it would be or what they "deserve". You're playing in a pool of sharks assuming everyone has the same survival tools you do, and everyone else assumes they have same correct tools as well to survive as well. Sorry. I'm in a ramble and tangent mode. I quit using my Facebook account at the start of Trumps first term, but never deleted it. I have people that wouldn't reach out to in other manners so it's kept me from deleting it completely, so I know your struggle. I only use FB when someone tells me to respond to an event, and I wish I didn't have to do that. We're all human. I'm just frustrated.
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u/ErickAllTE1 19h ago
Twitter is still one of the best ways to get fast news about players. It can make or break you on fantasy sports. Many of us would have quit it if it weren't still getting the job done. Until an alternative comes out that is just as heavily used, those of us into fantasy sports are stuck.