Wil Wheaton is free from the bonds of social media. Wheaton made a big deal out of leaving Twitter on the organized DeactiDay, which was a virtual walkout over Twitter’s lack of policing harassment. In particular, Wheaton was among those that had hoped to see Twitter ban controversial conspiracy theorist ‘Info Wars’ host Alex Jones. After announcing his Twitter split, Wheaton headed to a new service called Mastadon but was promptly driven away by the toxic fandom he found there. Among the subjects of attacks against him, was his failure to condemn his friend Chris Hardwick after he was accused of mental and sexual abuse by his ex-girlfriend Chloe Dykstra. In his final tweet, Wheaton wrote: “Twitter is broken. You deserve better than an app that tolerates and welcomes the spreading of abuse and misinformation. Being part of this is not doing us any good. Personally, politically, socially. For a day, a week, forever: your call. It’s just a good time to go.” Then, after his negative experience on Mastodon, he announced: “I found a harsh reality that I’m still trying to process: thousands of people who don’t know me, who have never interacted with me, who internalized a series of […]Read original article at: Wil Wheaton Discusses His Departure From Social Media
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