Alex Wild

Y’all still on Twitter need to leave. It’s a fascist site now, and the only thing you’re doing over there is helping fascists spread fascism by keeping their fascism broadcasting app alive longer than it needs to be.

#twitter

https://theintercept.com/2022/11/29/elon-musk-twitter-andy-ngo-antifascist/

Left-Wing Voices Are Silenced on Twitter as Far-Right Trolls Advise Elon Musk

Elon Musk appears to have outsourced decisions about who to ban from Twitter to the platform’s right-wing extremists, like Andy Ngo.

The Intercept
Nov 30, 2022 at 1:19amWeb
Show threadTofu GolemNov 30, 2022

@alexwild
If you're on Twitter and you didn't get banned, that's because the fascists deemed you palatable.

That should fill people with shame.

Show threadkeplerNov 30, 2022
@alexwild News organizations really need to stop linking to tweets and just screencap them instead like they would do for any other extremist trash website.
Show threadSheril KirshenbaumNov 30, 2022

@alexwild Things are very strange over on Twitter.

I stopped using my account, but I haven't deleted it yet. However, this week I noticed

1) All notifications disappear. Sometimes they reappear briefly. I suspect this may have to do with platform problems.

2) A old tweet of mine seemed to be RT'd from my account, but not by me. Before leaving, I had pinned a tweet at the top about why I prefer #Mastodon which was no longer pinned. Initially, I couldn't pin it back, but was eventually able to.

Show threadanupuluNov 30, 2022
@Sheril @alexwild I stopped following everyone and everything, and deleted all my Tweets and likes. After that, whenever I opened Twitter, Musk’s latest tweets were always shown on top. He’s made the whole thing about HIM.
Show threadDallman RossNov 30, 2022
@alexwild I think I disagree. It's as if a big fracking company came to dig up your city. It's poisoning the water table. But there are connections there built over 14 years, for me. They are slowly dispersing. I feel good — terrific — about my new home here after 32 days. But moving towns takes time. Twitter will probably spiral away, and Musk will unhinge more and more as it goes. His other (main?) endeavors will suffer badly as well. Watching that unfold first-hand also has its satisfactions.
Show threadVirgilNov 30, 2022
@alexwild a short story of why I’m on Mastodon
Show threadJenNov 30, 2022
@alexwild it’s very overwhelming all the sudden
Show threadNickyj1312Nov 30, 2022
@alexwild this 100%
Show threadwalter4096Nov 30, 2022
@alexwild I think neutral and apathetic people remain, and often can't be bothered using a 2nd channel (mastodon itself requires too much effort and patience for many), so you'll have to remain on twitter to reach them.
Show threadDani — MLT(ASCP)Nov 30, 2022

@alexwild
I am trying so hard to wrest my friends from there but there's no where for them to go. All the people THEY follow aren't going.

Academia, IT focused careers, a lot of journalists, etc have moved. But people who are in fandoms for TV shows, bands, films, etc just don't feel like there's a place in the fediverse for them. So they're staying.

Show threadEarl GrayNov 30, 2022
@alexwild E X A C T L Y
Show threadDoug BostromNov 30, 2022

@alexwild

It can be a rough moral/ethical dilemma.

In our weekly meeting for #SkepticalScience yesterday, a topic was "Should we ditch Twitter? The stink sticks..." etc.

The trouble is, our game is fighting climate change misinformation, and from that perspective Twitter bodes to be an even more target-rich environment than before.

So we hold our noses, stay. It's not pleasant.

Same equation as we ran on murderous, repulsive Facebook a couple of years ago, same result.

Show threadGromsDec 1, 2022
@Doug_Bostrom @alexwild yep! #stiffupperlip!
Show threadhikewithrichardDec 2, 2022
@alexwild I still visit Twitter daily, but the amount of time on the site has decreased. I want Twitter traffic to drop so much, that Musk is forced to reconsider his views and policies. I doubt that will happen though. What I find more encouraging is that Mastodon is picking up One million new users every four days. With luck mastodon will soon reach that critical point, where the mainstream can leave Twitter.