evidence: Today I?m leaving Twitter, because I don?t like making unpaid contributions to a for-profit publisher whose proprietor is an alt-right troll. But also because it?s probably going to break down. Read on for details. I was beginning to think the End-Of-Twitter narrative was overblown, but evidence is stacking up. First, the increasingly-toxic politics; check out Elon Musk and the Narcissism/Radicalization Maelstrom by Josh Marshall, and Elon Musk Bans CrimethInc. from Twitter at the Urging of Far-Right Troll. Then there?s the technology. Because of the way modern Web Services work, it?s unsurprising that it ticks along even with much of the workforce gone.