Abandoning(ish) the Twitter ship

Just noticing that many of the people I follow on Twitter have slowly been dropping off, with their ‘last post’ being weeks or months ago. And, simultaneously, realizing that my tweeting has too dropped off significantly.

What used to be an interesting place to see “What are you doing?” has become a massive linkfest, hashtag confab, and trending topics I don’t care about. Sure, it’s great for when you’re - say - trapped in another country and trying to figure out what just happened. But otherwise, it’s not the Twitterville I used to know.

For months (years?) I’ve had things set up so that my tweets automatically feed into my Tumblr feed. But today, I’ve reversed the flow. I post to Tumblr, and things flow to Twitter. Let’s see how this works out…