Musk is celebrating a spike in mentions and engagement on the other site, but a quick look at @donieosullivan and @drewharwell show they've gained huge followings on Mastodon in recent hours.

It'll be a pyrrhic victory for Musk if journalists start pulling their followers over from Twitter. Network effects cut both ways.

@b_fung @donieosullivan @drewharwell Musk led mobs against people like Fauci, Roth and Paul Pelosi. He sicced mobs on innocent transgendered people icymi. Zero sympathy for the journalists or academics who ignored all those bright lines just to get ego strokes. It’s a far right megaphone. That’s all it is now. They should have left weeks ago.
@LaureM I like the cut of your jib.