After 11 years and nearly 10,000 posts, Maine author Stephen King says he is leaving the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.

“Tried to stay, but the atmosphere has just become too toxic,” the author of “Carrie,” “Pet Sematary” and the Dark Tower series wrote.

King amassed 7 million followers since joining the platform in December 2013.

On X, King often criticized right-wing policies and politicians, including former Maine Gov. Paul LePage, and railed against Donald Trump.

The Bangor resident also sparred with Trump ally Elon Musk, who bought Twitter in 2022 and renamed it X. 

Musk has said he is making X a place for free speech, however, he has taken criticism for eliminating guards at the company to prevent hate speech and conspiracy theories. 

King is joining other high-profile users in leaving X since Trump’s victory in the Nov. 5 election, including former cable news host Don Lemon and actresses Jamie Lee Curtis and Bette Midler.

British daily newspaper The Guardian, which has 10.8 million followers, announced Wednesday it would no longer be posting on X. 

“The US presidential election campaign served only to underline what we have considered for a long time: that X is a toxic media platform and that its owner, Elon Musk, has been able to use its influence to shape political discourse,” the paper wrote.

King invited his followers to find him on Threads, a competing text-based platform owned by Meta, which operates Facebook and Instagram.

“I quit Twitter,” King posted on Threads Thursday evening. “Eleven years, man. It changed. Grew dark.”