The vibes on Twitter are off. They have been for a while, but now the bird app has turned into the meme of a girl watching a house burn down, thanks to Elon Musk’s continued efforts to command the platform — which have so far included charging users $8 to (in his own words) “trash†him, laying off about half of the company’s 7,500 employees, recommending that people vote Republican, suspending Kathy Griffin for “impersonating†him, and polling/trolling the internet. And now, the world’s biggest social-media activists — celebrities, of course — are protesting by deactivating their profiles and/or exiting the app. As of yet, it seems there’s only one person who can save the platform: Azealia Banks. Below is a running list of all the celebs who, in light of Musk’s takeover, have ditched Twitter … for now.
Meek Mill is done with Twitter “foreverâ€
Adam McKay said ‘Look away!’
Patricia Arquette’s account has disappeared.
Elton John to misinformation: No.
Jim Carrey shares one last project.
Whoopi Goldberg’s “done.â€
Shonda Rhimes says, “Bye.â€
Gigi Hadid calls the app a “cesspool.â€
Moby says “it’s time to leave.â€
Welp, Sara Bareilles is out.
Toni Braxton says Twitter isn’t the “safe space†it once was.
Ken Olin writes a good-bye poem.
Laura Benanti minces no words.
Jack White says Musk has “gone too far.â€
David Dastmalchian quits.
Catch Alex Winter on Mastodon.
David Simon says, “Fuck Elon Musk.â€
Stephen Fry plays Scrabble.
Liz Phair self-exiles from Twitter-ville.
Where’d Pedro Pascal go?
Trent Reznor made El*n mad
Téa Leoni: “Let’s see where we are when the dust settlesâ€
Jameela Jamil kept her word
This is a developing story.