Blog post on leaving X.

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+title: Leaving X
+description: German academic institutions are leaving Twitter/X. I'm not an academic institution, but still I'm following suit.
+date: 2025-01-14T21:30:00+0100
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+tags:
+  - academia
+  - social media
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+Several academic institutions in Germany have decided to terminate their
+presence on X, formerly known as Twitter.
+
+Press release of the "Informationsdienst Wissenschaft" (scientific news service,
+in German): <https://idw-online.de/de/news845520>
+
+Ironically, the press release page has several buttons to share this information
+on social media, right now still including a sharing button for X :smile:
+Surely just a matter of time.
+
+{{< figure src="press-release-with-x-sharing-button.png"
+           title="Press release (in German) informing about German academic institutions leaving X, with X sharing button." >}}
+
+I got aware of this by reading my former university's newsletter:
+<https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/aktuelles/einblick/single/news/universitaet-wuerzburg-kehrt-plattform-x-den-ruecken-1>
+
+I'm following suit. I've just now deleted my account on X.
+
+{{< figure src="account-deactivated.png"
+           title="I did it! My account on X has been deactivated. (Screenshot in German.)" >}}
+
+If you would like to connect with me on social media, please head over to my profiles on [Mastodon][] or [Bluesky][].
+
+See you!
+
+[Mastodon]: https://neph.social/@daniel_kraus
+[Bluesky]: https://bsky.app/profile/bovender.bsky.social