My wife noticed my mood sours lately when I’m on twitter. It used to be a community to find what others were doing with D&D, but now the constant hate/anger you see stays with you. If I walked in a game store & people talked to each other the way they do here, I’d walk out.

On FB I unfriended many people that I didn’t have interactions with or talked with in years. Thoreau said “Simplify, simplify.” But when people I know asked why I like Twitter, I always tell them I have more enjoyable talks about D&D than I do about anything on other platforms!

I’ve struggled w/what to do. Quitting leaves a gap talking w/others about D&D. And let’s be honest, followers & likes are addictive. You work hard to block bots & add awesome folks, but what’s the point if you have to mute some people because they’re mentally bringing you down?

I’ve made a private list that has individuals that still mainly keep up w/playing/talking D&D & it’s an oasis for me in case my wall or the news is just getting to be too much. But that seems extreme. The alternative is going through followers one by one, or leaving Twitter.

I’ll figure out what I can do to stay a part of the D&D twitter community I like. I still believe in many of the game’s writers & so many of you are here for the love of ttrpgs. Once social media starts bringing you down, it’s time to re-evaluate, even if you lose followers.

Please keep up w/making maps & monsters, painting minis, reviewing DMs Guild work, sharing fantasy memes & art, discussing initiative or railroading or magic items or feats or whether to care about passive perception. I’m here for the love of the game, even if it’s not perfect.