It does and helps keep oneself sane but that doesn’t make the problem disappear. I think engaging IRL is what will get us out of this mess. I hope

I don’t think it’s a coincidence that it ramped up during COVID and it’s worse in western countries (actually would like to know if wokeness is affecting non-western locked down countries).

Far left and far right identity politics both started ramping up around 2010. There are quantitative measurements based on word counts of some of this. See elsewhere in this thread.

This always reads to me like it's suggesting the more moderate voices should log off, thereby leaving the platforms to the more extreme voices.

I'm not convinced that's helpful.

Leave twitter to cook in its own juice.

As a more moderate, I would suggest perhaps writing a blog, or commenting on something well moderated like HN or EconLog, or even certain subreddits?

No need to log off completely. Just avoid twitter, tumblr, most of reddit and other outrage platforms.

You can leave Twitter and social media alone, but that's no guarantee that Twitter and social media will leave you alone. That's why I think it's so important for everyone who can speak out against this to do so before it metastasizes to the point where you can't say anything anymore.

Yes, but it doesn't mean that you have to speak up about twitter on twitter.