Wonky

Elon Musk has taken possession of Twitter, claiming he will make it “a common digital town square.” What kind of town square is owned by a single plutocrat? The square in a company town—or in a monarchy. What will this mean for ordinary people who depend on platforms like Twitter to communicate and organize in the digital age?

#twitter #birdsite #fascism #autonomy #crimethinc

https://crimethinc.com/2022/10/28/the-billionaire-and-the-anarchists-tracing-twitter-from-its-roots-as-a-protest-tool-to-elon-musks-acquisition

The Billionaire and the Anarchists

Tracing Twitter from its grassroots origins as a protest tool to Musk's acquisition—a history of the capitalist takeover of the internet in microcosm.

CrimethInc.
Nov 29, 2022 at 5:34pmWeb
Show threadDane FREE PALESTINENov 29, 2022
@wonky It means that it's time to leave. Yes, that's an over-simplified answer, but it means that the ordinary people need to do a bit more heavy lifting, and consider adopting the #fediverse and/or #federatednetworks as a substitute to a centralized service that can be bought at any time by some asshole with a lot of money.