McKenna Dean/MK DeanDec 16, 2022

Found out today that the #BirdApp has removed guidelines preventing public health misinformation while at the same time has been banning activist and journalist accounts.

I'm done. I deactivated my account. I have 30 days to change my mind, but I don't see that happening. It felt like pulling a rotten tooth. Painful but necessary.

#MastodonNewbie #TwitterMigration

Show threadDavid Brent 📚Dec 16, 2022

@MKDean_writes Twitter was my online home for 13 years. Whenever I needed something to read and didn't have a book handy, I would just open the bird app on my phone and reliably find something interesting. It's hard to cut ties.

Now the tusk site is fulfilling that role quite well. 😎
Don't forget all the experts are recommending that you don't actually delete your account. If you do, your screen name becomes available for anyone to use. #twitterexodus #twittermigration

Show threadLorryDec 16, 2022
@dbsalk @MKDean_writes A reasonably well curated #Mastodon feed is magnitudes more interesting (and healthy) than #Twitter, because it is showing you things you want to see, not things an aggressively belligerent arsehole of an algorithm is shoving in your face to force you to react.
Show threadNancyBrigit
@Lorry @dbsalk @MKDean_writes@romancelandia. So, I will see cats, journalists, tech stuff, the occasional bad dad joke, cool bcEpiscopalians perhaps, and fumble along while I figure it out since EeehLawn is trippin’ ballz tonight with journalists and I’m so confused about the bird feed’s end goal.
Dec 16, 2022 at 4:46amMastodon for iOS
Show threadDavid Brent 📚Dec 16, 2022
@HelpingHands @Lorry Don't feel bad. Elmo is also confused about the bird site's end goal.