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Cutting back on Twitter changed my life for the better
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Mr Elon Musk's Twitter account is seen on a smartphone in front of the Twitter logo.
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Charles M. Blow
Seven months ago, with the first rumblings that Mr Elon Musk might buy Twitter, I made the decision to pull back from the site and use it only to alert people to things such as the publication of my column or my television appearances.
I stopped checking every day. I stopped publishing original thoughts there. I stopped responding to other accounts. Twitter went from an integral part of my life to a tool I hardly used.
