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Joy Reid Deletes X Account, Says ‘Abusive’ Not Worth It
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Joy Reid Deletes X Account, Says ‘Abusive’ Not Worth It

MSNBC host Joy Reid deleted her X account on Thursday morning, becoming the latest media professional to abandon the app following last week’s election.

In a video announcing his decision, Reid said

He said he has used X solely as a news gathering tool for the past few years, since Elon Musk acquired the app then known as Twitter in 2022. Reid said he “did not want to contribute content after it was purchased.” by the current owner.”

Still, she was holding on to her account, which had nearly 1.9 million followers when she deleted it on Thursday, because she was worried someone else would take over her account and use it for “malicious purposes.”

You can watch his explanation in The Post Millennial’s X post below:

Reid becomes the latest high-profile media member to leave X after the election. Former CNN host Don Lemon bid farewell to X on Wednesday, saying the app was no longer a place for “honest discussion” under Musk’s stewardship.

But the biggest problem for Lemon was X’s terms of service. X recently changed its rules to require users to file a lawsuit against the company in Texas in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas or in state courts in Tarrant County. The changes will come into force on November 15.

Lemon quoting someone Washington Post’s latest report He said in his own exit video on the subject that the change in X’s terms of service was bad news because state courts were too conservative-friendly.

“This quote ‘allows such cases to be heard in courthouses that are conservative heartlands, which experts say could make it easier for X to protect himself from lawsuits and punish critics.’ I think that speaks for itself,” Lemon said.

Other media membersMany people, including MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace, have left X since the election over Musk’s relationship with President-elect Donald Trump.

“As a human being, as an act of self-preservation and because I could no longer find things I was interested in, I deleted Twitter today,” Wallace said.

Musk had been Trump’s most vocal supporter ahead of Election Day, helping him win the support of voters in Pennsylvania and spending more than $100 million through his America PAC to help Republicans return to the White House.

Threads, Meta’s rival to X, There was a 6.8% increase in the number of daily users since the election; According to data shared with TheWrap by Sensor Tower, it currently has 11 million daily active users. Bluesky, another social networking rival of X, also experienced an increase in the number of users after the election. Even as well-known media experts left the app, X’s daily user base saw a 5% increase after the election, according to data from Sensor Tower.