Eric BlairNov 25, 2022

I’ve had a lot of people ask me recently why not stay on Twitter and fight.

The reason is because Musk controls the algorithm. He could ban you tomorrow, and he could also just deprioritize every one of your tweets so no one sees them.

You can’t fight and win when the opponent has complete control over the field of conflict.
#TwitterMigration

Show threadArapaho415 Nov 25, 2022

@protecttruth @satirehat
None of what Eric Blair concerns me.

I mostly reply and RT items of interest--if no one other than the people I reply to sees, that's fine with me.

Also only use Twitter to view specific Twitter timelines like @satirehat @clearing_fog @teresaccarter2 (not sure if she's on Mastodon) and other faves.

So I think algos make no difference to me.

Also very rarely get troll replies; exceptions--recent troll replies on topics like mastodon, crypto, FTX.

Show threadClearingTheFog Nov 25, 2022

@arapaho415 @protecttruth @satirehat

Yeah, I don’t have any illusions about what twitter is becoming, but I’m still splitting my time between here and there, and as long as it’s still functional I’ll prob continue to do so. From a research perspective, there is a lot of stuff over there that just doesn’t exist here.

Show threadsatirehat Nov 25, 2022
@clearing_fog @arapaho415 @protecttruth sorry to curse your TL with a direct link but the convo is worth reading. Search is degrading.
https://twitter.com/satirehat/status/1596197207182655489?t=ri9EZnd7uZ-l5InnhCi_XA&s=19
Tweet / Twitter

Twitter
Show threadClearingTheFog 

@satirehat @arapaho415 @protecttruth

I’ve noticed the same thing. This really bothers me. All our content will be lost because no one will be able to find it.

Nov 25, 2022 at 8:21pmWeb
Show threadWill PollockNov 25, 2022

@clearing_fog @satirehat @arapaho415 @protecttruth

I have to say I'm most bothered by investigative threads lots of us have built up over the years. we've done pretty groundbreaking stuff, as a team, which I fear will crash and burn with Elmo

Show threadClearingTheFog Nov 25, 2022

@satirehat @arapaho415 @protecttruth @willpollock

It’s painful to think about.

Show threadWill PollockNov 25, 2022
@clearing_fog @satirehat @arapaho415 @protecttruth painful is the right word my friend. we'll look back on Elmo's reign of terror in the same way we see TFG's 4-year obliteration of norms (operations are strikingly similar)
Show threadsatirehat Nov 25, 2022
@willpollock @clearing_fog @arapaho415 @protecttruth
Update: it appears I couldn't search my full files because I had locked my account, fwiw.
Show threadClearingTheFog Nov 26, 2022

@willpollock @protecttruth @satirehat @arapaho415

Guess that makes sense. Mine was never locked though.

Show threadsatirehat Nov 25, 2022
@willpollock @clearing_fog @arapaho415 @protecttruth
setting this here
https://social.snorklr.com/@satirehat/109406433057417235
satirehat (@[email protected])

I try not to post direct links to the bird site, but search is borked and I need access to my #FuckeristFiles https://twitter.com/satirehat/status/1574434147136856064?t=lmKwud3EG1hkBFYY8Z-Jgg&s=19

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