John Gruber on X

Over the weekend, John Gruber posted a piece titled “X Once Again Marks the Spot”. He announced this on Mastodon by saying “I’m sure this one won’t make anyone angry.” I’m not angry, John, I’m just so very tired. Others have written about this with more gusto than I can muster. Ernie Smith’s piece matches many of my feelings. Even if X is great now (which I sincerely doubt), I definitely don’t need another social feed to follow. I stopped posting to Twitter in late 2022, and gave up on it completely in early 2023. I then slowly started posting more to my own website. Being on social media less has made me happier overall, and building up my own web presence again has been a lot of fun. Lex Friedman wrote an initial piece and a follow-up which mirror my disappointment. Yes, we’re probably too divided as a society. We should do more to reach out to people we disagree with and find common ground… but there have to be lines somewhere. Friedman lists some great reasons why someone might…