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Given the utter shitstorm that is Twitter, it’s fair to ask the following question:
Should authors leave?
If you’ve got any type of conscience, then the answer is obvious. (I mean, how the hell can you disagree with Trent Freakin’ Reznor?)
Still, the calculus for authors is a bit different than it is for John Q. Public. Pirated copies of books, albums, movies, and other intellectual content proliferate. Thank Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act that absolves companies from any content posted or hosted on their sites.
TweetDeck helps you identify pirated copies:
As an aside, I deleted Twitter yesterday after it became clear that Musk lacks anything resembling sanity, common sense, or shame. Mastodon, baby!
I kept the barely used handle for this site, however, specifically, so I could submit takedown requests when my books appear. I’ve probably submitted 50 over the years because traditional publishers can’t seem to find the time.
Bottom line: Until Congress changes the law, you probably can’t afford to ignore Twitter altogether.
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