Nikhil PahwaHello all, I'm probably on Mirror Now tonight about why all of us have joined Mastodon and what issues we have with Twitter's behavior.
Please leave a comment re why, and I can cite you on the show tonight.
SabinaBasha@nixxin
1. Twitter seems to have ceded control of its platform to the BJP government - it is no longer @TwitterIndia, it became #Twitter4BJP.
2. Twitter shut down voices who were critical of the government on flimsy grounds based on mass reporting by RW. Did not have a human evaluate before shutting down
3. Allowed hate on platform - death/rape threats, Islamophobia & casteism giving rise to trends like
#TwitterHatesSCSTOBCMuslims #IslamophobicTwitter
1. Twitter seems to have ceded control of its platform to the BJP government - it is no longer @TwitterIndia, it became #Twitter4BJP.
2. Twitter shut down voices who were critical of the government on flimsy grounds based on mass reporting by RW. Did not have a human evaluate before shutting down
3. Allowed hate on platform - death/rape threats, Islamophobia & casteism giving rise to trends like
#TwitterHatesSCSTOBCMuslims #IslamophobicTwitter
Cassynaz@SabinaBasha @nixxin
I totally agree.
Some of us had our accounts suspended because it had the word " Aarey Forest" in the tweet!
I totally agree.
Some of us had our accounts suspended because it had the word " Aarey Forest" in the tweet!
@SabinaBasha @cassynaz thanks. Saw that. Twitter India has been unresponsive