I joined in 2006, user number 2700 or so. Done. Later.
I also deleted the Metal Bandcamp Gift Club Twitter, too. We’ve got a buzzing email list, and an active Discord. No one was really signing up from Twitter, so fuck it.
My main email newsletter HEAVY METAL EMAIL got 38 new subscribers in May. One of them was from Twitter, so whatever.
And 30 or so a month is fine with me, because that’s 300 over the course of 10 months. If I get tired of Substack I can export them all and move somewhere else.
Will I miss things from other folks? Sure.
But I miss things because I’m not at the food court, too.
Or at a show three nights a week. Or a bar, or a group ride, or a group run.
I want peace and quiet, and that doesn’t happen on Twitter, or social media in general. If you’re reading this, you found me. Say hello: hi@sethw.xyz