Leaving X - Bye X!
Yesterday, on January 12, 2026, I deactivated my X account.
No big announcement, no farewell drama – just gone.
Will I come back? Right now: No. Honestly, I don’t see why I should.
Starting January 15, 2026, the new Terms of Service kick in. X claims even broader sublicenses on everything you upload – including photos and personal images. Text for AI training? Maybe I can still wrap my head around that. But my private photos? Family pics, personal moments, life stuff? So they might end up in ads for laxatives or whatever? Nope. Not happening with me.
That’s why I’m posting here on my blog now. And yeah – those over 266 chat logs with 266 pretty dumb Fake-Elons should be more than enough evidence, right? 😏
It feels liberating. No more throttling by X. No more shadowbans. No more sudden invisibility when something doesn’t fit the narrative. At least here, I’m free.
It’s already enough that I have to cover the funeral costs for E. (I even had to take out a loan for that). I don’t need a platform on top of that claiming even more rights to my content.
For more background on X’s current self-destructive mode, check this out: → X in self-destructive madness – Facts
By the way, this blog is completely free and private – I make zero money from it. Quite the opposite: I pay for it myself (electricity, internet, time…). But that’s exactly why I have full control here – no algorithms or license traps from anyone else.
I’m genuinely glad to be out. Without X. Now I can finally focus in peace on my scalable anti-fake tool. I’ve got more than enough data for it…
Why doesn’t X build a proper tool against all the fakes and bots themselves? Answer: They probably could. But revenue clearly matters more to them than protecting their users.
Stay safe if you’re still on X. And think twice about what you upload – starting tomorrow, it legally belongs even more to them.
See you here on the blog –
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