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I’m not jumping ship; I’m taking a wait and see attitude.
I did signup for Jack Dorsey’s new social network: https://blueskyweb.xyz
I’ve had Mastodon account for while but I’ve haven’t used it much, but that may change…
site:twitter.com financialization of the economy
Yup, still a useless pile of garbage, full of one-liners, silly memes, links to corporate media articles that aren't worth reading because you already know what PR message they'll be putting out, etc. Best thing that could happen would be for Musk to buy it and then just pull the plug, although that seems fairly unlikely.
I welcome all to check out Sqwok ( https://sqwok.im ). It's been a labor of love and it continues to be developed with a goal of becoming an excellent place for live public discussion. Personally I'm interested to see what happens at Twitter with Elon at the helm. A friend and active Twitter user who lets say isn't a fan of his, has stated that they don't think he'd be foolish enough to burn it to the ground and thus…
Is there ActivityPub federation yet?
Twitter will be all the better with people like that leaving honestly. You can't fathom a platform with people you disagree with not being silenced?
Every once in a while I'll think, maybe Twitter isn't really the garbage dumpster fire I think it is, and I'll go try to find some useful information via Google searches. Just tried it for something I'm interested in, i.e. site:twitter.com financialization of the economy Yup, still a useless pile of garbage, full of one-liners, silly memes, links to corporate media articles that aren't worth reading because you alrea…
The value in Twitter depends heavily on how you curate your feed, though. If you fill it with thoughtful people that are experts in the fields you're interested, it can be quite enlightening. If you fill it with people who mostly post memes, you'll get memes. If you fill it with pundits, you'll get bite-sized takes. You get to choose that.
I noticed this a little while ago. If I tweet now noone ever replies, unless the tweet is a response to a popular tweet. I have over 3000 'followers' and suddenly noone is interested in what I have to say? Maybe I got dull
I've tried Mastodon a few times, but it never seems to stick. I don't know anyone irl on it, or even any accounts that focus much on my local area. I think federation is interesting, but I think it'd work better if individuals had a close affinity with a particular community that chose to maintain a server (like a town, university, church, volunteer organization, etc). As it stands, people try to use it as a clumsy Twitter and join random servers they know little about.
The best thing that would come out of this is that I break my Twitter habit and hang out with friends at the pub more often.
Is it really gonna turn into a hellscape just because people you disagree with will no longer be silenced?
The concern is not about disagreeable ideas, it's about abuse and threats. Not all censorship is de jure.
The bailey: Twitter censoring NY Post during election time.
Disclaimer: I don't follow US politics, but do follow online censorship.