Colin Sheridan: I'm just not ready to abandon X — yet

Being active on X is not an endorsement of Elon Musk's ownership, but it still seems to reward his grotesque neo-capitalist megalomania. Even so, I’m just not ready to leave

I know if I played five-a-side football with Elon Musk, I would despise him and everything he stands for. I famously have no interest in tracking back or tackling anybody on a soccer pitch, but I’d leave a foot in on Musk. File photo: Apu Gomes/Getty Images

After exhaustive research that was mostly conducted while sitting on the toilet, I have concluded that X — the time suck formerly known as Twitter — is the worst form of social media, except for all the others. 

I am not on any of the others, mind, save for fitness app Strava and a Bebo account I'm not fully sure I ever shut down. But, based on a dive so deep I saw figurative sea monsters, I am convinced that X remains the most democratic, if unbelievably toxic, space to hang out in.