Peter BinkleyJohnathan Flowers on white flight from Twitter: "If they can force you out of a digital commons online, that gives them a good reason to assume that they can force you out of a commons in public using the same tactics. For my money, I think that’s one of the scariest things about Musk’s takeover is the ways in which it demonstrates how one need not change the rules of the common, one need not do anything to the broader forward-facing moderation policies ... [1/2]
... to embolden people to force other people out of the commons, and I think that’s massive." https://techpolicy.press/the-whiteness-of-mastodon/ [2/2]
TrAhcy@pbinkley I read a NYT article today about armed protesters basically shutting down opposition by intimidation. It made me think about your post so I came back here to read the link like I should have before commenting. I see now. It's a little frightening and definitely something to think on.