jessiferFeb 4, 2019
Eugen Rochko
The Economist really just went and made an ad for Mastodon
Feb 4, 2019 at 7:16pmWeb
Show threadknzk forever Feb 4, 2019
@Gargron huh?
Show threadEugen RochkoFeb 4, 2019
@citrustwee https://twitter.com/TheEconomist/status/1092483360105119744
The Economist on Twitter

“Worried about your security on Facebook? New alternatives offer users full control of their data https://t.co/vH8EnruBR1”

Twitter
Show threadjackdaw_ruiz Feb 4, 2019

@Gargron @citrustwee

anyone read their full article about 15 years of Facebook? i'm presuming it's less-than-kind.

Show threadknzk forever Feb 4, 2019
@Gargron oh shit! thats sick
Show threadjonwexFeb 4, 2019
@Gargron @citrustwee fan-f*cking-tastic for Mastodon.
Show threadDoeNietZoMoeilijk 🥔Feb 4, 2019
@Gargron @citrustwee I totally read that in a Movie Trailer Guy kind of voice. 😁
Show thread~amFeb 4, 2019
@Gargron Ok this is off topic but good lord look at this popup disaster
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Show threadsαη∂εя✨Feb 4, 2019
@Gargron Lol, whut?
Show threadcodesectionsFeb 4, 2019

@Gargron

Very cool!

It stings a little that Mastodon is presented as the "less ambitious" competitor—but, hey, whatever gets people to the platform is good in my book.

Show threadDoeNietZoMoeilijk 🥔Feb 4, 2019

@codesections @Gargron it *is* less ambitious. There's no collecting everyone's data, there's no making billions off of other people, there's no influencing politics or mental wellbeing.

It's why I went here in the first place.

Show threadqwazixFeb 4, 2019
@codesections @Gargron I can't seem to find it care to post a link?
Show threadKaitoFeb 4, 2019
@Gargron wow!
Show threadThimo (trawzified)Feb 4, 2019
@Gargron Link? I can't find anything on their website
Show threadPoweredbylemonx 🍋⚡✨Feb 4, 2019
@Gargron funnily enough advertisers are actually looking into systems based on user controlled data verified by block chain. Their motive is mostly to break the huge monopoly that Facebook and Google have on the data the whole industry runs on, and partially to restore trust from people and from their clients (easy to verify what you give permission for and reduce ad fraud from bots).