CreatrixNov 20, 2022
Andrew Leahey

The sad truth is the other site will be fine, it'll just chug on without all of us -- or with us, in a reduced capacity. There will be times where it'll hit new highs of active users, even.

There has always been a market for disinformation and hate. If the other site suffers the same fate the equivalent news outlet does, it'll be the dominant social media platform in short order.

At the risk of being saccharine, I'm glad we're here and we have this. I hope you all stay.

#law #lawfedi

Nov 20, 2022 at 4:29amWeb
Show threadSympathyForTheQuariansNov 20, 2022
@andrew Idk, the World Cup is gonna stress their servers to hell
Show threadAndrew LeaheyNov 20, 2022
@SympathyForTheQuarians Oh we may see the triumphant return of the fail whale, but the idea that it's going anywhere, I think, is wishful thinking.
Show threadAntGuyOnMaui 🏳️‍🌈🐜🐜♾Nov 20, 2022
@andrew I suspect you are correct. It was probably too much to ask for all the haters and trolls to just go home and be quiet. Still, I will forever be grateful that the twitter meltdown brought to my attention that a troll-free mini-universe truly exists.
Show threadAndrew LeaheyNov 20, 2022
@etnom We're all hopeful we can keep it troll-free. Unfortunately (I'm using that word a lot) they will come, hopefully we will handle them (as a whole) better than the other places have.
Show threadwildflowerNov 20, 2022
@andrew I hope this is the new site for younger people and the sane. We should attract gen x they are novel and brave.
Show threadAndrew LeaheyNov 20, 2022
@wildflower I'll second that! 🙂
Show threadNamarieAlways 🕊️Nov 20, 2022
@andrew It is sad and unfortunate that misinformation and intolerance exists. And it’s challenging to tackle these problems head on. I do wonder how all of us can play a role in doing that because we cannot address falsehoods and intolerance by sweeping them under the carpet even if we don’t want to give them more reach.
Show threadGATEKEEPERNov 20, 2022
@andrew I disagree . People are being inundated with bots. Its going to be a nut fest.
Show threadAndrew LeaheyNov 21, 2022
@GatekeepKen I'll be happy to be wrong 😃
Show threadKee HinckleyNov 21, 2022

@andrew If your looking at it solely from a social perspective. Yes, it could muddle along. But it’s facing a perfect storm of ways to fail, all hitting at the same time.

  • Content moderation is clearly failing to work. Copyright take downs aren’t happening. Spam is up. Apparently all of APAC has no language specific moderators now. This is going to put it in violation of country laws, and at risk of huge fines. Not to@mention potentially facilitating genocide.

  • Lacking technical knowledge to fix major issues.

  • Lost advertisers at the same time as taking on a debt load that almost certainly can never be met.

    • Tl;dr. It’s not going to die from lack of people, but from being unable to function legally and/or technically.

    #twitter

    Show threadHolmesAtLawNov 21, 2022
    @andrew Irrespective of what the bird site becomes, it’s encouraging to see so many bright minds seeking a better alternative. Thanks for your leadership here.
    Show threadAndrew LeaheyNov 21, 2022
    @blockchainip Thanks so much for being here! So far I have had the easy job, everyone has been great to each other (at least from what I can tell, hopefully folks aren't being harassed in DMs).