Wolf is coming back! Is the X exit just a short flirt?

Wolf is coming back! Is the X exit just a short flirt?

ORF presenter Armin Wolf, who left the platform X (formerly Twitter) three weeks ago with much fanfare, is back on the controversial short news site. He originally said goodbye along with 40 other journalists and influencers. The reason for this dramatic step was the perceived “toxic” environment, which was aggravated by the changes under Elon Musk, who renamed Twitter to X and was criticized as “destroying” the service. Wolf explained that he wanted to share his thoughts on Bluesky, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey's new platform, because Twitter now seemed toxic and depressing to him. However, he has now announced that after just three weeks of silence he is tweeting again to advocate for an increase in the maximum tax base for top politicians, although he did not comment on how exxpress.at reported.

Wolf's return and the reasons for it

In a lengthy blog post, Wolf discussed his long relationship with Twitter, which began in 2009, and the multitude of tweets he has written during that time. Despite the joy and networking opportunities the platform offered, he described the negative changes in recent years that had made the platform unbearable for him. In his opinion, Musk has done away with moderation and turned the platform into a “propaganda stage” for his political agenda. The increase in fake news and radical content has made it impossible for him to remain active on He describes this impressively in his article arminwolf.at.

Wolf, who was one of the first prominent users of the service in Austria, describes his time on Twitter as extremely educational and enriching. Today, however, he has put its use on hold and switched to Bluesky in the hope that this platform can provide a healthy culture of discussion like X once did. He thus joins a growing number of users who are fleeing due to dissatisfaction with X and are again looking for a useful online platform.