@m_clem My sense is that so many institutions and individuals cannot let go of their audience. Many say "Twitter is still working for me, ignore Elon". I am sure most would leave if there was a way to leave Twitter with your followers.

In my case, I have not shut down my Twitter account but I have stopped posting. I miss the audience but I cannot justify providing any content there.

@m_clem This is really well written.

The spirit of "respectful, open inquiry" does not require any speech that is "demeaning and non-rebuttable, dangerous, or factually false."

The whole point of free speech is to make sure that all ideas get their day in the sun, and that they are only rejected for lack of merit.

Every idea should be defendable with speech that is not "demeaning, non-rebuttable, dangerous, or factually false."

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That is a very thoughtful response by the Dean, which covers the bases of most of the concerns that we, as individuals with moral values, confront in our choice to leave Twitter under the present circumstances.

I think it’s easy to analogize to our own lives, and therefore well worth reading by all, regardless of any connection to BU.

@m_clem I keep thinking that schools should consider setting up up their own Mastodon server, restrict access only to folks who are connected to the school, whether that turns out to be just the administrators, or faculty, staff, and students as well.

Microblogging should be treated much like email, shouldn't it?

@Bossito , és capaz de achar interessante, vai ao encontro do que tens defendido.

Nota: ao tentar editar apaguei uma primeira versão desta msg...ainda falta café neste corpo 😅

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“While there is, of course, an argument to be made for staying on Twitter to rebut misinformation and call out hate speech, at this time the clearer imperative seems to be to take the unambiguous position that a space which amplifies such speech is a space that as a School, we will disengage from. … Twitter is not essential, only free speech is. We can leave the former and continue embracing the latter”

@m_clem thank you for boosting this. I shared the article on both LinkedIn and Facebook where I am clearly crossed referenced with my college and employer with the following message,

"Both my College and Employer are currently using Twitter as one of theiir communication platforms. It is time to reconsider this."

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The BU research summary for that article is:

"Twitter is run by a narcissistic nutcase who is spewing demonstrably false information. The owner has turned into a troll courting other trolls. KTHXBYE"

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My alma mater making good choices.

@m_clem "However, Twitter is not essential, only free speech is."

Dunno if it could've been put better than this.

@m_clem I've been wondering if the right thing to recommend for a College or University re: Mastodon would be to create an instance that's managed by school IT, under their .edu domain, with the public relations folks running the social aspect.

Seems like Mastodon is taking off, and I'd hate to see official higher ed accounts representing schools/colleges come up on third-party servers.

What are people's thoughts on this?

@m_clem wow 👏👏👏

"Musk mocks the importance of pronouns in respecting someone’s identity and humanity. He also incites opprobrium against a public health professional, Dr. Fauci, who has served the country well for decades through challenging times."

@m_clem Well written.

“we do not in our community tolerate speech that is demeaning and non-rebuttable, dangerous, or factually false”

Hear, hear!

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Nice opinion by Dean Galea.

@m_clem very good article.
Really liked this phrasing:

"However, Twitter is not essential, only free speech is. We can leave the former and continue embracing the latter. And that is what we will do."

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i don't think making it worse faster is helpful

@m_clem "Twitter is not essential, only free speech is. We can leave the former and continue embracing the latter."

Eloquent. It's a good world still.

https://www.bu.edu/sph/news/articles/2022/reconsidering-our-engagement-with-twitter/

#Twitter #TwitterMigration