Those of you who are on Twitter may have spotted that, for some time now, I have been writing a column here called The Twattering Classes. I too was on Twitter until last night, but then I decided to commit Twittercide. So I am not on Twitter any more.
In reality, I will of course find another identity there and keep on annoying the buggers at regular intervals. But in the meantime, this is The Sun version of what happened.
After the last Twattering Classes post, I discovered the following day that (despite putting on 63 new Slog followers here, on Twitter itself I had lost 34. So I went to Twitter Support (they should rename it Subsidence) and asked if they could give me an answer. I kept getting a panel that read ‘I’m sorry, we don’t understand what you mean, please use one of the options below’. None of the options bore even a remote relevance to my problem, so I wrote something different, this time sticking to single-syllable words for the hard of comprehension. They still didn’t understand.
So this morning, I redesigned my Twitter profile masthead as follows:
This was clearly too much for the pinched goblins, and so I have been locked out and will not be reinstated until I’ve sent a State ID, my inside leg measurement, and clearly stated the political affiliation of the two squirrels who share Sloggers’ Roost with me. Obviously, I won’t be doing any of that.
It isn’t going to make a jot of difference to The Slog’s following, whose “churn” rate is under 4% and continues to grow net at about 21% net per annum. What it will do is save me a lot of time persuading Remainiacs, Corbynistas, anti 2020/Waspi trolls, Russophobes (and all the other Twattering Classes) to get an empiricism implant.
This additional time will be devoted to several things I was in England discussing last week, DIY around the house, drinking, and exploring new ways of spreading the Gospel According to St Slog without having to ask for permission to speak to Sir.
I would consider it an honour and an enormous favour if you could use the link to this post as widely as possible on Twitter over the next 24 hours.
As the account was locked shortly after posting an important piece here last night, you can read that post here.
Finally, I’d like once again to thank all the Sloggers – from the 7,219 who visit most days via the 30,000 who pop in at least once a month to all the 2.6 million who’ve landed here over the last eight years – for their support, and reassure everyone that I am not going away anywhere soon.
Enjoy the rest of the day.
I know that youve been campaigning for WASPI but the ladies at Birmingham didn’t know who you were which is why i gave them your details.
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Thnx JW
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Hold onto your underpants John, the powers that be seem to be making Facebook and the like removed stuff that gets in the way of THEIR agendas.
Would WordPress follow? time will tell.
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doris backup? If that’s not you, she’ll be wondering who I am!
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Glad to hear you’re not going anywhere! I tweeted this and your website and hashtagged #Waspi & #BackTo60 to let them know where you are as you’ve been such a good friend to all. And I ended with “Bad twitter. 😠” – although I could’ve quite happily sworn like a sailor, I didn’t want to give them any excuse to kick me off just yet as you know I’m deeply involved with #QAnon and they’re cracking down rabidly there too. If I disappear, I’m reincarnating as well and I’ll DM you mine. So Mr. Blob, I’m off now you rejoin you on twitter lol, never say die! 😊
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I’m certainly glad to be one of the 7,219 John!
DavidC
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I go all a-twitter when I think of Deborah Paget in The Indian Tomb, not often these days but always with a tinge of regret, that’s about as close as I get.
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Keep up the good work John, the slog and LBC are now about the only two news channels that i now listen to – God help me!!!
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Sorry, but I have no idea what you’re all talking about. Thankfully.
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https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
Above …I hope is my tweet!
Trying to tweet this page via your site Twitter says this page does not exist!
I have tweeted them to put that right!
Slog on John
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Dear boy. I read and enjoy your blog every day. I’ve never resorted to twatter as I feel that if you manage to land that lovely right hook they’ll just block you anyway. Communication has never been my strong point which is probably why they stuck me in a single seater fighter some 50 years ago. Probably why I’ve tended to avoid most social media. Keep up the good work you’re something of a star in my firmament.
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So sorry to hear you’ve left Twitter, John – but completely understand your reasons. Hope you’ll be back soon under a new guise. Will be pleased to give this piece a plug on Twitter tomorrow morning. Meanwhile, keep up the good work here. Congratulations on those truly amazing blog numbers, by the way – very well deserved!
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I don’t know why you worry about losing followers ,I lose them often & in the last 48 hours over 50.
The comforting thing is that it’s not the followers themselves making the decision, but the Twitter system for some mystifying reason.
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Wardy it’s important the Di Caprio Awards still have a rightful home 😁
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“Social Media”? Open forums for closed minds…. Baaa, four legs good, two legs bad. Baaa, four legs good, two legs bad…. Drowning out all other discourse….
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Tragic news there John in a purely selfish way; your twitter feed was my Portal to the true news and societial insanity.
Posted the shocking news on my twitter feed.
Wont be long before we far righters* are banned completly from social media.
* critics of neoliberal multicultural Globalism.
Let us know your new twitter moniker when you are sorted.
Salute!
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Here it is Gary….please RT it on Twitter @JoeBlob JW
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good luck John, I visit this site every day, you are a good egg!
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Enjoy the break and perhaps don’t go back at all. I’ve cut right back on Facebook use. That’s been liberating.
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The revolution will not be televised or on Twitter. Some month ago, John, you wrote an article along the lines of how does one get a system which is Kaput to take notice and change direction. Change is an analogue phenomenon not a digital one. When disruptive technologies are discussed including automation and AI, the Analogue world or what might be called Reality rather than Virtual reality is thrown out with the bath water.
Policy led evidence making is the real disruptor and Carts are appearing before Horses as a matter of course for The small voice in the crowd to point out that the emperor has no clothes there must be a lull in the din and also open ears to hear that small voice.
On Twitter there is no break in the din the ability to reflect and process the information applied to any particular case in point does not happen in the digital world. The digital does not disrupt it distracts. When Twitter and Facebook go the way of Friends Re.united and My Space, then and only then, away from the din, increasing numbers of people will hear that small voice pointing out that the emperor has no Clothes then we will be getting somewhere.
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Sorry John, don’t do Twitter, but if I did I’d slag them something rotten. Not good for anger management is Twitter…
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Twitter is lost. “gab” is in its infancy.
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When I try to share on twitter, up pops a ‘that page does not exist’ message🤨
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