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Why the Mississippi Free Press is Leaving Twitter
Twitter’s time as a useful news-sharing tool has passed since it transformed into the toxic wasteland known as X.
From the time we launched the Mississippi Free Press at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic nearly five years ago in March 2020, Twitter served as a vital tool for us to share our stories, build an audience and grow as a publication. Elon Musk holds a chainsaw as he arrives to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md. Thankfully, many of you who made Twitter a worthy place to be have since joined us on Bluesky and other platforms where we have a presence and don’t have to continually tolerate ugly trolls abusing our team members and even threatening us.
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