I quit Twitter as soon as Musk took over, and I feel that reduced my angst and uncertainty. Being half-in, half-out would be worse.
@johncarlosbaez I don't blame him. I think he's been accelerating whatever trend is going on there, which is not where I want to be heading.
@mjambon - I definitely blame Musk for being a complete jerk. Did you read how recently he decide to put in a 5-second delay for links to any sites he doesn't like? This is typical of his behavior - spiteful and childish.
@johncarlosbaez I didn't see that. What was too much for me was when they blocked the art bots, which were free non-commercial feeds from 500+ dead artists posting paintings 24/7 because of new API rules and apparently nobody at Twitter was able to recognize their value. The other thing for me was this week when TweetDeck suddenly required a paid subscription (which could be fine) without a basic courtesy email announcing the change.
So I guess I agree with you but I try to not blame Musk but rather view him as a piece in a system that would otherwise see a Musk replacement emerge if he were to disappear. In the old days, we had Bill Gates at Microsoft and I had much to hate about him. While these characters are to blame, they keep respawning in a system and culture that are friendly to them.
On my personal end, I prefer now to not blame individuals as a way to keep an emotional distance and overall maintain a greater peace of mind.
@mjambon - you're right that the system of having the "town forums" of the world run by billionaires rather than jointly by everybody makes it almost inevitable that they will be exploited and abused. This is the problem we need to fix - and we're trying to fix, here on Mastodon.
I do however definitely blame Musk for being childish, impulsive, petty and willfully destructive.