Not long ago, I conducted a small survey among members of my family and some of my drinking colleagues. They only had to answer one question: are you on Twitter/X.

Of the 20 or so participants in this admittedly rudimentary review, only three had a Twitter account, of which only one actually posted and then only sporadically.

The other two hadn’t even realised that it had changed its name to X. Only one out of the 20 knew that the micro-blogging site was now owned by Elon Musk.

I only mention this because if you are one of the very small cachet of people who use this social media platform regularly you might be forgiven for thinking that the main global story unfolding over the last two weeks has not been Donald Trump’s US presidential election victory.

In this ethereal and narcissistic world, it seems that the emergence of a rival micro-blogging site has become the planet’s prevalent, ongoing news story. And this mainly because some people appear to have migrated across to it. What’s more, some have been issuing their own personal statements, written in the style of the Gettysburg Address, to explain their reasons for doing so.

Nothing more perfectly typifies the psycho narcissism of this social subgenre than those who fancy themselves to be culturally relevant – journalists, politicians, entertainers – believing that the simple act of choosing another domain is worthy of self-proclamation.

It seems that many of them now believe Twitter/X to be a “toxic hellscape” because Elon Musk stands........

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