Zoe WilliamsNov 16, 2022
I've come on mastodon to share a piece about mastodon, which sounds like the kind of cannibalistic self-referentialism that started mad cow disease https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/nov/16/could-this-be-twitter-without-the-toxic-slurry-my-week-on-mastodon
‘Could this be Twitter without the toxic slurry?’ My week on Mastodon

Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter has left many users wondering if they should join its rival, which promises a ‘different kind of social media experience’. But how different is it? I decided to find out

The Guardian
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@zoesqwilliams What a wonderful piece, Zoe. I especially enjoyed the Edinburgh/Glasgow analogy, and how you ended it with "Twitter and Mastodon are like that, except they’re both Edinburgh."

I also loved, 'This is the voice we needed in the “free speech debate” – the one that doesn’t instantly get bogged down parsing the subtle distinctions between your right to hate people and their right not to be hated, the one that just calls bullshit.'

Thank you.

Nov 16, 2022 at 1:38pmWeb