ever since before twitter even got bought out, back when hexagonal icons and the erosion of the API were seemingly the worst we had to worry about, i was already saying "if they make tweetdeck unusable that will be my final straw" and that day has been edging closer for a very long time but today they finally did it, and i feel exactly the same way about it as i did back then
for somebody who has tweetdeck open in a pinned tab 24/7 i haven't been super reliant on twitter for existing in public for a long time. i got 4500 followers posting my porn on there and i appreciate the positive attention i get there but for the most part the actual commissions i get come from long time regulars from FA/tumblr who keep in touch on discord these days. i also still have a shriveled ghost of a main account for retweeting stuff and occasionally posting video game opinions (every other part of my life feels too personal to post on main twitter about)
but actually the main use i've had for twitter for the past several years has been on my locked account. locked twitter is really nice for staying in touch with my dear friends who for whatever reason wouldn't want to pile into a discord together. and as much as we complain about the unhealthy aspects of shouting into the void it feels so nice to have a place to be vulnerable like that without making it anybody's problem in particular? and i feel a real solidarity with my mutuals on locked twitter that i don't think i would get to feel if we didn't have that
losing access to that is gonna hurt a lot. i might be spending some time writing down a list of people i want to hang on to and where they're going to make sure i can still reach out to them later on.
anyway this is why i made a locked cohost today 
