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On Musk, and democracy, neofascism, and Thiel:

What’s happening with #Twitter now is very similar to how Trump built the MAGA GOP: dominance.
Musk is forcing #journalism to scrape and beg. Reinstated accounts are tweeting happiness to be back.

That’s the “dominance politics” playbook. The authoritarian, #neofascist playbook. The way to fight is to pull out.

@joshtpm re: Trump, 2017:

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/reporters-need-to-pull-out-of-trumps-dominance-rituals


“I think it’s important that we learn from this experience and don’t put all of our eggs in one basket again…”

“When we treat #Twitter as something that can be replaced by one network, I think we fail to recognize the nuances of each platform, and the fact there shouldn’t be any one replacement, that instead we need to be trying to find different homes for different parts of our online lives.”

— A. Samuel (@awsamuel) on #CBC’s On The Coast (Dec. 16, 2022)

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-46-on-the-coast/clip/15955618-twitter-suspends-journalists-accounts-blocks-mastodon-links


Respect. 🫡 After a mere 13 years, I nuked most of my 92K tweets, set private, and only remain on #Twitter to direct more people here at this point.

We now have nearly 1,000 lawyers and law professors on Mastodon per a sheet tracking them/us. #TwitterMigration


We see a new fascist platform takeover happen in real time.


Do we react or do we just swim with the flow?
#twitter #twitterpurge #freespeech #Politics #Musk #Fascism


If you’ve recently left #Twitter
for Mastodon... welcome!

Here are some things you should know about security and privacy on Mastodon.

https://grahamcluley.com/mastodon-what-you-need-to-know-for-your-security-and-privacy/

(Please boost/reshare if you think a #TwitterRefugee would benefit from this. Thanks!)
Mastodon security and privacy


*** Government agencies and businesses take note! ***

Government agencies and businesses now need to understand this and understand it well. Musk may cut you off from #Twitter without warning, at any time, on any whim. You are unsafe depending on Twitter for anything going forward. Make your plans now to extricate yourself from the Twitter platform, before you become the next victim of his impulsive and deeply toxic behavior.


Elon Musk is part of a group of tech executives that have felt increasingly emboldened to attack the press in recent years, but banning the accounts of journalists who’ve written critical things about him is a major escalation.

To the right, “free speech” isn’t what we conventionally understand it to be. It’s not a general right to speak freely; to them it’s their right to speak without consequences, while cracking down on their critics.

#elonmusk #twitter #socialmedia #freespeech


It looks like #Twitter is now marking links to #mastodon as "sensative" and hiding them.


We normally promote the conference Tech Intersections: Women of Color in Computing on #Twitter but won't this year for obvious reasons.

Please help us spread the word about this #bipoc conference in #Oakland #California.

We're offering 20% off with promo code MASTODON. #BlackMastodon #BlackFriday

We are giving free tickets to people who have been laid off with promo code LAIDOFF.
https://techintersections.org

The event includes an #ally skills workshop for supporters of #woc.
Purple-hued banner with large text "Tech Intersections January 28, 2023". Seven smiling Black and brown women are pictured with a variety of hairstyles and attire. There is a URL: www.techintersections.org




Twitter is violating Article 17 of the GDPR.

This is the form letter you receive if you submit a Data Erasure Request for your deactivated account.

It has been 33 days since I sent my request and Twitter has failed to comply with it. I have now escalated the issue to the Irish Data Protection Commission with a formal complaint against Twitter.

You can file your own Twitter Data Erasure Request and keep track of it at https://yourdigitalrights.org/d/twitter.com

Heads up, @noybeu

#twitter #gdpr #Article17
Screenshot of Twitter’s response:

Hello,

Thank you for your inquiry. You can deactivate your account at any time. When deactivated, your Twitter account, including your display name, username, and public profile, will no longer be viewable on Twitter.com, Twitter for iOS, and Twitter for Android. For up to 30 days after deactivation, it is still possible to restore your Twitter account if it was accidentally or wrongfully deactivated.

Keep in mind that search engines and other third parties may still retain copies of your public information, like your profile information and public Tweets, even after you have deleted the information from our services or deactivated your account.

More information about account deactivation may be found on our Help Center:

https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/how-to-deactivate-twitter-account

Best,
Twitter


New social media site. (Cartoon for @newscientist ) #twitter


#Twitter search is broken for me right now. I guess it's as good as any other way to decrease the load on the hosting architecture.


lmao yep. #twitter confirmed that they suspended my account...for trying to deactivate it 🤪
Again, very "you can't fire me, I QUIT!" energy, only it's the opposite way--"you can't quit, I'M FIRING YOU!"

Pathetic.
Screenshot of the Twitter homepage for the account CeriGotGame, saying that the account is suspended (when I tried to deactivate it on my own)


I love this article that not only clearly explains what #mastodon is, but also why it's so much better than ad-driven engagement-focused centralized media like #twitter, #facebook, #instagram, #youtube, etc etc etc. Check it out! https://escapingtech.com/tech/opinions/i-was-wrong-about-mastodon-moderation.html
A screenshot from the above linked article describing how handling abuse on mastodon differs from Twitter and other centralized media.


In episode 300 🥳 of the "Smashing Security" podcast, original co-host @vanjasvajcer returns to the show...

We discuss why deleting your Twitter account may be a very bad idea, how the police unravelled the #iSpoof fraud gang, and take a trip into interplanetary file-systems.

Find "Smashing Security" in your favourite podcast app, or listen at https://www.smashingsecurity.com/300

Thanks to everyone who has listened, appeared on the show, or supported us! 🙏

#cybersecurity #twitter #ipfs #phishing #privacy
Smashing Security episode 300.  Picture of a spacesuited astronaut floating weightlessly above the Earth...


lmao yeah. I'm trying to deactivate all my alternate #twitter accounts, and now four accounts in a row, that I barely use, one that has NEVER had an automated post ever, announced my account is suspended as soon as I tried to deactivate.

Sure seems like Twitter is suspending accounts when you try to deactivate them. Very "you can't fire me, I QUIT!" energy


Idea for a new video to film today: brief spiel about "why you should delete your #twitter account NOW before #elonmusk sells your data to white supremacists!", then record myself deleting my accounts.

What are the hardest hitting points I should put in that spiel? (though odds are if someone hasn't left Twitter yet, theyrenot gonna...)

I could also talk about alternatives, why/why not you should use them. Hive, post, bluesky, mastodon... What else is there? What should I say for or against them?


Content warning: YouTube link about the downfall of Twitter, Facebook and FTX.


Notable that Marc Andreessen backed Elon’s Twitter takeover and is now also backing Post.news, Twitter’s main competitor outside Mastodon. Once again, you think you’re given a choice but the rich get richer either path you take!
#technology #tech #twitter #elon #musk #twittermigration


The civil rights movement happened without social media. The birdsite may have been useful but it's not necessary to organize political movements.

Besides, those who praise Twitter might be surprised at how many people can be empowered by nonprofit social media where there are no promoted accounts and no algorithms that make lots of users invisible.

Take your time and rebuild communities on platforms that don't exist to serve ads and can't be bought by far right oligarchs.

#Twitter


Now that you're here, you'll finally stop haunting my dreams of "what could've been" – post Identi.ca days & @davew's epic #Twitter BearhugCamp day dealio! ;)
👇
Vintage TechCrunch (2008):
"The Bearhug" - Steve Gillmor
https://techcrunch.com/2008/08/15/the-bearhug/
😊

Seriously dude, so grateful for everything you've done and continue doing, here and everywhere...
🙏

#Twitter #Mastodon #RSS #TwitterMigration #Fediverse #Technology #Federated #Montreal #OpenSource #CDNTech #Software


One thing I think is missing from some conversations I’ve seen about the #twitterMigration is awareness (maybe on both sides!) that the experiences of some of the people coming from #twitter were very literally traumatic.

Felt dread all the time. Regularly driven to tears or worse. Stress manifesting as physical discomfort. Learned to walk on eggshells and feel shame and terror over spontaneous levity or genuine self expression.

Twitter did not necessarily have widespread and robust conversations about what trauma might look like in terms of social media. It’s difficult to think of it as even applying to yourself, if that’s a new idea.

If twitter people seem mistrustful, overly cautious, argumentative, too emotionally reactive or unreactive, prone to taking things personally, or prone to excessive self recrimination, they might be inherently difficult people, maybe. Or, spitballing, they might be recovering from a terribly toxic environment.

Or they might be giants, idk.


Elon Musk plans to reinstate nearly ALL previously banned Twitter accounts — to the alarm of activists and online trust and safety experts. The decision will have dangerous consequences, particularly for vulnerable communities. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/24/twitter-musk-reverses-suspensions/ #twitter #twittermigration #tech #technology #elon #TwitterMigrate


It is EXTREMELY URGENT that government agencies, emergency groups, and others who have over time become dependent on #Twitter to disseminate important announcements to the public, now move quickly to prepare alternative methods (which they really should have already).

It is clear that Musk's behavior is decimating Twitter as a reliable platform for reaching the public without interference, and since Musk now says he will let all hate speech and disinformation that is "not illegal or spam" be propagated on Twitter, even from previously suspended accounts, Twitter will now rapidly become of zero value as a source of trustworthy information on any topics.

DO NOT DELAY!


💡 Today would be a perfect day to #GiveUpGitHub.

☣️ #GitHub is the #Twitter of software development, creators of the most enticing proprietary walled garden ever made for #FOSS developers.

https://GiveUpGitHub.org

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource
GitHub Octocat mascot with a sack of money and crushing the words "USER RIGHTS"


Is the end near for #Twitter ? Or are reports of its impending death greatly exaggerated? Alexandra Samuel (@awsamuel), author of Work Smarter with Social Media, explains what is actually going on ⁠— and what #Mastodon (and #CoSocialCa ) has to offer. On #CBC Radio’s On The Coast (Nov. 18, 2022) https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-46-on-the-coast/clip/15950273-the-state-twitter-mastodon-offers


Content warning: Increase in hate speech on bird site


IMAGINE THERE'S NO TWITTER... 🤔

It's easy if you try
No hellish trolling
Or that unfunny Tesla guy
Imagine all the people
Not blocking folk all day

Ah-aaah-aah-aah-aah

Imagine there's no blue tick
It isn't hard to do
No crypto diehards
No @realdonaldtrump, too
Imagine all the people
Boosting toots in peace

You-oooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

You may say I'm a dreamer
But if Twitter's ever gone
I hope some day you'll join us
In the world of Mastodon

#Mastodon #Twitter #JohnLennon #Imagine #PeaceAndLove 💕🕊
John Lennon sitting cross-legged and surrounded by doves


The Elno death spiral got me thinking about a #Twitter project from 2010, when I decided that @robcottingham and I should win "best couple" in the Shorty (Twitter) Awards as a write-in category.

I built an entire website to aggregate our mutual tweets via #RSS, back when Twitter still had real RSS support. (The slow death of Twitter RSS was the beginning of the end.)

But my #blog post about it is still live! https://www.alexandrasamuel.com/relationships/we-tweet-6-ways-twitter-can-strengthen-your-love

And my campaign worked! https://web.archive.org/web/20100207104752/http://shortyawards.com/category/bestcouple
Screenshot from "We Tweet: @awsamuel and @robcottingham in conversation", with "Recent updates" feed showing (pretty boring) tweets exchanged between @awsamuel and @robcottingham. Photo of the couple is at top of page. Right sidebar asks people to vote for us as write-ins on the Shorty awards.


It's delightful to work towards a #mastodon #coop for #Canada with @evan and other lovely folks. Thoughts so far:

The #Twitter #migration creates a sense of urgency. But that rush is at odds with creating safety, a broad leadership team, real accountability structures...all the things that might actually make for a healthy community.

We've seen plenty of fast-start sites. It's hard but powerful to slow down & create conditions for lasting success & inclusion.

[continued] #CoSocialCa


Aki twitterről jött és ezt szeretné megosztani jól láthatóan a profilján másokkal is, annak tipp:

1. Edit profile
2. Profile metadata
3. Így jelenik majd meg a profilon

#twitter #mastodon #magyar


I'm about to leave Mastodon for a few months. Not because I had a bad time, or couldn't find interesting people, or don't think the concept of a fediverse is dumb. On the contrary, I think it's great.

I just have other stuff to do. But before I go, I want to share some thoughts as an ex-Twitter designer and someone who's been on Mastodon since 2018.

#mastodon #twitter #ux #design #critique #hashtags #introduction

🧵



Almost 180k new users joined #mastodon yesterday, a new record. This third #twitterMigration wave happened after Musk's Twitter 2.0 ultimatum to #Twitter workers. Each wave is stronger than the previous one. Here is my updated plot showing the three consecutive waves.
The plot shows the graph of the number of new users in the Mastodon platform as a function of the date for the last months. 
It can be seen that until Musk's purchase was completed, the daily new users were about one thousand. 
It jumped to twenty-five thousand during the first migration to Mastodon, just after the Musk's purchase of Twitter was completed on October 27.
A second jump to 100k new users per day happened in the second wave, just after the massive layoffs in Twitter on Nov 4th. 
Finally the third jump to almost 150k per day happened after Musk's Twitter 2.0 ultimatum on Nov 17th.