Paul Graham is leaving Twitter for now

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Post by sanketpatrikar » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 7:40 PM UTC

Paul Graham is leaving Twitter for now
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Post by halfmatthalfcat » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 7:51 PM UTC

It's interesting to see these tech influencers and their lag time on giving Elon the benefit of the doubt before they've had enough. Will Elon ever have a "coming to jesus moment" and realize that he's alienated so many of his peers that he is, in fact, in the wrong? Or is he so delusional that he really does believe he has the answers?

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Post by ipsum2 » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 7:51 PM UTC

It's news to me that that users are not allowed to mention other social networks' accounts on Twitter anymore. Seems short sighted, how many users is Twitter losing to Instagram/Discord/Mastodon?

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Post by smcn » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 7:51 PM UTC

Understandable, and I'm hoping we see more and more people make the switch.

Has been hilarious watching this car crash.

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Post by phoe-krk » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 7:51 PM UTC

Direct Fediverse link: https://mas.to/@paulg

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Post by kristiandupont » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 7:52 PM UTC

How does one find a good Mastodon server? On his website it says "Follow me at @paulg@mas.to" -- does that mean that he is on mas.to? What if I want to follow him but also someone on another server? Or do I not understand how it works?

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Post by input_sh » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 7:53 PM UTC

ipsum2 wrote: post #3

It's news to me that that users are not allowed to mention other social networks' accounts on Twitter anymore. Seems short sighted, how many users is Twitter losing to Instagram/Discord/Mastodon?

The policy change was on the frontpage of HN just a couple of hours ago, but you can imagine how comments went and why it's no longer there.

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Post by ceejayoz » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 7:53 PM UTC

kristiandupont wrote: post #6

How does one find a good Mastodon server? On his website it says "Follow me at @paulg@mas.to" -- does that mean that he is on mas.to? What if I want to follow him but also someone on another server? Or do I not understand how it works?

Yes, he's on mas.to, but you can follow him from an account elsewhere.

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Post by K7PJP » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 7:53 PM UTC

ipsum2 wrote: post #3

It's news to me that that users are not allowed to mention other social networks' accounts on Twitter anymore. Seems short sighted, how many users is Twitter losing to Instagram/Discord/Mastodon?

It's a brand new policy, and it was enforced before it was even declared. I just deleted my Twitter account after 14 years. It's over.

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Post by navanchauhan » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 7:53 PM UTC

kristiandupont wrote: post #6

How does one find a good Mastodon server? On his website it says "Follow me at @paulg@mas.to" -- does that mean that he is on mas.to? What if I want to follow him but also someone on another server? Or do I not understand how it works?

You can join any mastodon server and follow someone from any other server.