There may be some of you who enjoy my books that followed my Twitter account while it was active. I can only assume those people may be confused to find that it is now gone. This is because I have made the decision to leave Twitter. I think this to be a very wise decision; one I wish far more people would make. It is truly a terrible place. I was bombarded on a daily basis with an unending stream of idiocy and spitefulness. And I did my best to filter my feed so I only saw nice things. It did not work.
I noticed that having an account did not boost the sales of my books anyway, so putting up with the nonsense did not seem worth it to me. I am glad to be as far away from that place as possible. I believe it to be responsible for presently rotting the brains of hundreds of millions of people. I’ve only been gone a few days and I already feel a weight off my shoulders. I hear the birds chirping again. I feel the wind on my face again. I no longer need to bathe myself in some of the dumbest opinions I’ve ever heard in my life on a constant basis. Life is good again, friends.
Goodreads, however, is quite a great site. I will be continuing to update fans of my work over there. I’m sorry to anyone who liked my Tweets and wanted to see more of my thoughts on various things like Hockey, UFC, Dark Souls, Halo, and any other random topics. I will likely ramble every now and again on this site using my blog. But Twitter is the place where intellect goes to die, and I can bear it no longer. I’ve watched it slowly make people I know into far angrier and more depressed individuals than I knew them to be beforehand. I’m sure psychologists will be studying modern social media’s effects on our generation for the next fifty years (if we survive that long). Do yourself the favour and just get out of there. Go outside and sit in the grass for a bit. I dare you to tell me it doesn’t lift the mood.