Mehdi HasanNov 18, 2022

Think of people around the world tonight who need Twitter to get their voices heard, to document human rights abuses and injustices, to get attention, expose war crimes, and more.

All of them could be about to be cut off because the world’s richest man wanted to own the libs.

Show threadSyrusNov 18, 2022
@mehdihasan Yes, and with a federated, decentralized alternative like Mastodon, they can still have a voice. Funded by the masses on federated servers in hundreds of countries around the globe.
Show threadVicki KyriakakisNov 18, 2022
@syrus @mehdihasan Engagement levels on Mastadon are also way better than Twitter
Show threadEllen KellerNov 18, 2022
@VickiKyriakakis @syrus @mehdihasan as a newbie here I’ve noticed that too. Twitter used to be a fun communicator but over the last few years became filled with trolls and hate. Here it seems responses are genuine and mostly kind.
Show threadVicki Kyriakakis
@Yickyak @syrus @mehdihasan Agreed. And also for non-blue ticks (even before Elon) I think it’s value was questionable. The algorithm rendered most of us invisible and Musk has made it worse. With people driving engagement instead, my engagement rate here is way way higher. And this feels like an actual community as opposed to ppl congregating around blue ticks begging for a little of their light.
Nov 18, 2022 at 6:30amWeb