Deactivate your X account – you won’t miss it when it’s gone

‘When I deactivated my account I dreaded how I would feel the next day.’ Photograph: Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

As a past follower of Marie Le Conte (AKA the Young Vulgarian) on X, I read her column on leaving the platform with interest, complete empathy and self-reflection (To anybody still using X: sexual abuse content is the final straw, it’s time to leave, 12 January).

I joined X – or rather, Twitter – in 2007 after reading a Guardian article on the five next hit websites. Needless to say, most of the others have been forgotten. I was bored in my uni halls and it sounded the most interesting.