When Elon Musk took over Twitter (now called “X”), numerous celebrities, rockers and even wrestlers announced they were bailing on the social media platform. These included hardcore wrestling legend Mick Foley, Nine Inch Nails singer Trent Reznor and KISS bassist/singer Gene Simmons, among others, though Simmons recently began posting there again.
Avenged Sevenfold singer M. Shadows is the latest to say he’s leaving X, and he issued a multi-tweet statement revealing why.
“Twitter – I’m saying goodbye (kinda),” he wrote. “I was gonna write out something to explain why I don’t find this platform useful anymore but the reality is even that is a waste of time and who really cares?”
“In 2021 I was invited to do a ‘twitter space’ about NFT’s which resulted in me having to sign up for my first social media experience. Reluctantly, I stayed on. Here, I created relationships with many people I never would have met. So for that I’m grateful. It was great for launching Deathbats Club and all of our other endeavors around Avenged Sevenfold. I’m neither bummed nor mad about this app in general… it just simply doesn’t interest me at this point.”
Shadows continued, “I will continue to post about nerdy things that actually make me excited to get out of bed. It will not get much reach because this is how the app works. These things include the bleeding edge of technology, VR, blockchain, music communities and an occasional song.”
He concluded: “I’ll be in and out of discord hangin w people there when I can. Just know every day we are building new ways that are meaningful to connect. This just isn’t one of them.”
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