February 22, 2018

'Why I Quit Twitter' by Ben Sasse

Republican Sen. Ben Sasse quit Twitter over Christmas last year, 
after having built himself a reputation as one of Congress' 
most prolific tweeters

Sasse said he will return to social media at some point in the future, 
but in a limited capacity


Republican Senator Ben Sasse is known as one of the more prolific Twitter users in Congress, often writing his own tweets himself to chime in on policy issues, crack jokes, and in some cases, rebuke President Donald Trump. 

But over Christmas weekend last year, Sasse stopped tweeting and has not picked up the phone since. 

'We don't have smartphones in our house much on Sundays,' Sasse told Business Insider. 'Christmas weekend I decided to take a longer-than-just-Sunday social media Sabbath. And after it had gone on four days it felt pretty great'...