Murshed ZaheedDec 16, 2022

Friends who are coming over as part of the latest #TwitterMigration surge - #welcome. Quick tips:

• Consider doing an #Introduction post.

For folks to follow:

• A great list via @WalterShaub https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rNfUosPSiMwRbUAbnI3h-7D9grP6ULgS/edit#gid=1301725065
Nov 20th

• A list of journos: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13No4yxY-oFrN8PigC2jBWXreFCHWwVRTftwP6HcREtA/edit#gid=1320898902

• A helpful read w/ basics https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-get-started-use-mastodon/

Remember this is a co-op community that runs w/o ads. Consider tips.

Lastly, let's all please be patient with each other and lean in w/ kindness. 🙏🏼 @mastodonmigration

The Walt List.xlsx

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Show threadErin Conroy

@murshedz @WalterShaub

Here are the journalists banned today from Twitter for reporting on Musk. Some have Mastodon accounts, as noted. Feel free to add new accounts below.

I would like to see their news orgs respond with backbone, & swiftly, to support a democratic free press by establishing servers/instances on Mastodon & exiting Twitter until Musk publishes standards that ensure journalists do not have to submit to his use of arbitrary power in order to publish there
https://mstdn.social/@jasonkint/109521026793943760

Jason Kint (@[email protected])

@[email protected] just fyi, Drew. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQ2rZ5UyqDEEtg557SiZTGKofYhXfbw6d3FmTmX4L_2x7TIDcG9NCENtHSECXT8RXUMe6kmhZykPwqJ/pubhtml

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Show threadMarcy RWDec 16, 2022
@chargrille @murshedz @WalterShaub CNN responded and demanded an explanation as to why Donie Sullivan and others were suspended. They said they’re going to reevaluate their relationship with Twitter in light of this.
Show threadErin ConroyDec 16, 2022

@MarcyRW @murshedz @WalterShaub

I saw. While it’s a pretty good response & much stronger than The NY Times, that is not the strong line in the sand we need to see from the Fourth Estate. The should remove themselves until there is a satisfactory commitment in writing from this oligarch that ensures protections from his future power/ego trips.

Show threadErin ConroyDec 16, 2022
@MarcyRW otherwise it’s going to stay a manipulated and heavily one-sided informational space that is genuinely not safe for their readers to get info from. It’s the news orgs ceding power to him to set terms of reporting.
Show threadErin ConroyDec 16, 2022
@MarcyRW I think we all know that this is all Twitter is ever going to be under Musk’s increasingly authoritarian rule as CEO. I would have some respect for the news orgs that are able to acknowledge reality.
Show threadErin ConroyDec 16, 2022

@MarcyRW like, for example, European journalists:

https://progressives.social/@EFJEurope@newsie.social/109522313284119154

European Fed. of Journalists (@[email protected])

"Elon Musk ownership of Twitter creates serious problems for #journalists who rely on the site for developing sources, finding stories, and driving readership. It’s not safe to do journalistic business on the platform anymore." https://cjr.org/podcast/the-tow-centers-emily-bell-musks-twitter-is-openly-hostile-to-journalists-what-should-we-do.php via @cjr

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Show threadErin ConroyDec 16, 2022

@murshedz @WalterShaub

Also, I agree with Tom:

https://progressives.social/@tomwatson@newsie.social/109520990277158440

Tom Watson (@[email protected])

It's time for the US Federal government to exit Twitter. It cannot publish on a censorship/disinformation channel.

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Show threadBen in LA®Dec 16, 2022
@chargrille @murshedz @[email protected] I sure hope the Los Angeles Times comes up with one