Drew HarwellDec 16, 2022

Hi! A few stories:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/12/15/twitter-journalists-suspended-musk/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/14/elonjet-twitter-suspension-jack-sweeney-talks/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/14/qanon-musk-revival-twitter/

Musk suspends journalists from Twitter, claims ‘assassination’ danger

Many of the journalists, including from The Washington Post and New York Times, had written about dramas surrounding billionaire Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter.

The Washington Post
KimbafuzzDec 16, 2022
Show threadDrew Harwell

No warning. I report on Elon Musk and other topics for The Washington Post and will keep doing so because free speech and transparency are important for the world.

In the last few days I ... wrote about Elon Musk. I posted links to publicly available, legally acquired data as well as links to Mastodon, which also now is banned on Twitter.

Elon Musk is free to ban whoever he wants from Twitter, just like people are free to take their speech somewhere else.

Dec 16, 2022 at 2:51amWeb
Show threadGreg DworkinDec 16, 2022
@drewharwell I'll follow you here
Show threadmary angela perna✅Dec 16, 2022
@DemFromCT @drewharwell same! I’m following @oneunderscore__ , @micahflee , @donieosullivan & all *actual journalists* that got banned fr the failing twitter that is twitter
Show threadmary angela perna✅Dec 16, 2022

@drewharwell @DemFromCT @micahflee @donieosullivan @oneunderscore__

totally normal stuff. Excellent attorney, @marcelias can’t share his #mastodon account link on #twitter bc #musk is a freakin child

Show thread🌲🧿 "Max"t💽d🏵️n 🔎🍄Dec 16, 2022
@drewharwell Aren't you concerned that the person who owns Washington Post is on the same side as Elon (because billionaire)?
Show threadLt.Cpl Хуёвый ПчеловодDec 16, 2022
@MaxPow3r11 @drewharwell at least he's not firing journos that report on his megayacht
Show threadPhil RobertsonDec 16, 2022

@MaxPow3r11 @drewharwell

That is not the same thing at all. If Bezos began personally editing and overseeing what can be published, such an argument could be made. Ideally WaPo would not be owned in this way, but there is no comparison to the dumpster fire that is now Twitter.

https://robertsonp.substack.com/p/in-defense-of-the-twitter-quitter

In Defense of the Twitter Quitter

You don’t need to stay on Twitter and ‘fight’

Phil's Takes
Show thread🌲🧿 "Max"t💽d🏵️n 🔎🍄Dec 16, 2022

@Probs @drewharwell I'm saying billionaires are not your friend. They are going to defend each other before defending any of us.

(see: all their past actions. current actions. future actions).

Show threadÖrich von DönekenDec 16, 2022
@MaxPow3r11 @drewharwell Do you really think that two of the richest people in the world can be on the same side? I think they love seeing each other losing money and power.
Show thread🌲🧿 "Max"t💽d🏵️n 🔎🍄Dec 16, 2022
@reptiloidfried @drewharwell yes. Do you really think they can't?
Show threadÖrich von DönekenDec 16, 2022
@MaxPow3r11 @drewharwell I think GAFAM all want to build the Wechat-like super app and love when their competitors fail.
Show threadErie SiobhanDec 16, 2022
@drewharwell he has such a thin skin.
Show threadTerence TruthDec 16, 2022
@ErieNotEerie @drewharwell 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Show threadPhil RobertsonDec 16, 2022

@ErieNotEerie @drewharwell

https://robertsonp.substack.com/p/in-defense-of-the-twitter-quitter

In Defense of the Twitter Quitter

You don’t need to stay on Twitter and ‘fight’

Phil's Takes
Show threadBruceDec 16, 2022
@drewharwell I’m following here.
Show threadkatieDec 16, 2022
@drewharwell And he tweets anti science, anti trans anti Semitic Q anon crap. It's time people let him do that alone. #Mastodon #twittermigration #twitterexodus
Show threadPhil RobertsonDec 16, 2022

@rizzo @drewharwell

https://robertsonp.substack.com/p/in-defense-of-the-twitter-quitter

In Defense of the Twitter Quitter

You don’t need to stay on Twitter and ‘fight’

Phil's Takes
Show threadJoshua K. Farrar 🌠Dec 16, 2022
@rizzo @drewharwell crazy to watch someone set $44B and years of human labor on fire
Show threadLizardDec 16, 2022

@joshuakfarrar @rizzo @drewharwell

Or hilarious.
"Life is a comedy to those who think and a tragedy to those who feel." (Source disputed)

Show threadMichelDec 16, 2022
@drewharwell Musk is a Trump 2.0
Show threadrkirk77Dec 16, 2022
@drewharwell You're doing an awesome job Drew!
Show threadGay Dave - Find Me On Grindr!Dec 16, 2022
@drewharwell WaPo can easily verify you on here with a bit of code on the website. They should think about doing it for all of the reporters on Mastodon. You do good work. Thank you for what you do.
Show threadCrunchDec 16, 2022
@drewharwell Welcome to Mastodon. Hope you speak loudly here.
Show threadmyfandwyDec 16, 2022
@drewharwell this is wild
Show threadmechtild jdDec 16, 2022

@drewharwell
Boxing himself in. Every day that box gets smaller and smaller.

#elonmusk #birdsite #twittersuspensions

Show threadJonathan I. EzorDec 16, 2022
@drewharwell Followed you here to follow you here. :)
Show threadJenXDec 16, 2022
@drewharwell Following your reporting.
Show threadMeow.tar.gz  Dec 16, 2022
@drewharwell It's better not being a content creator for the Musk machine anyway.
Show threadAlex Thornton (she/her) 🇺🇸🇺🇦💙Dec 16, 2022
@drewharwell is the paper going to have a response?
Show threadRob HadleyDec 16, 2022

@drewharwell

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x64bid6

Dailymotion

Show threadTea ☕️Dec 16, 2022
@drewharwell
You’re stuck with us now, Harwell 😈
Show threadCharlesDec 16, 2022
@drewharwell Glad to see you on here, Drew!
Show threadwilliam.maggosDec 16, 2022

@drewharwell

but we also need to move the audience here.

Show threadLeesamkapDec 16, 2022
@drewharwell well said!!
Show threadFluffheadDec 16, 2022
@drewharwell following here now. The reporter bans were the last straw for me. Keep doing your thing!
Show threadtoxtethogradyDec 16, 2022
@drewharwell Musk is sort of free, as long as there are no shareholders' meetings at Tesla coming up. We could all buy shares just to harass him, but he'd probably sue...
Show threadBrian DrellDec 16, 2022

@drewharwell Your news organization should start its own mastodon instance.

You could be @[email protected]

Talk to your editors.

Show threadJ.R. OrciDec 16, 2022
@drell @drewharwell Yes, please. Wapo needs an official presence here.
Show threadMacCruiskeenDec 16, 2022
@drell @drewharwell or talk to your IT guys and just have them set it up for you.
Show threadBrian DrellDec 16, 2022
@drewharwell Sorry that should have been @[email protected]
Show threadChristopherDec 16, 2022
@drell
@drewharwell @chargrille
Get quote-boosts. Get them to start a #Calckey instance!
Show threadMJ Dec 16, 2022
@drewharwell @AnneLandgraf I mean… you didn’t start an insurrection so you’re not wanted 🤷‍♂️😂
Show threadAdiDec 16, 2022
@drewharwell this is certainly going to be quite the advertisement for Mastodon
Show threadMédecine Libre Jérôme PinguetDec 16, 2022
@drewharwell Good evening! And welcome! Great to have you here. There will be a big influx of new users here in the next few hours and days, linked to your ban. mastodon.social already shows signs of stress. It would be great if you could convince The Washingont Post to setup a Mastodon server for its journalists and readers! Being on the WaPo Mastodon would be like a verification (in addition to posting a link to your Mastodon page on your websites). :) Thanks.
Show threadabeltrevDec 16, 2022
@drewharwell The upside to Musk's tantrum today is that I'm finally finding a lot of accounts that I follow on Twitter here on Mastadon.
Show threadMatt PritchettDec 16, 2022
@drewharwell
#ThinnestSkinInTheKnownUniverse Meelon's fee fees are in tatters
Show threadJeroen BaertDec 16, 2022
@drewharwell glad to follow you here!
Show threadJL RobersonDec 16, 2022
@drewharwell I wrote something mean about Trump. I was first in Twitter jail for the next 7 days, then all of a sudden I got the lock message you show.
So I took the cue to deactivate, because I'd been considering it ever since he bought Twitter, and frankly almost am glad of him pissing me off enough to deactivate.
Show threadKristoffer LawsonDec 16, 2022
@drewharwell welcome to the platform. Seems like we are on the cusp of something momentous. I’d argue this is true Internet technology: open, decentralised. A new backbone of communication.
Show threadfenarinarsa Dec 16, 2022
@drewharwell also Twitter just blacklisted all the fediverse instances. Including all servers running Mastodon, Pleroma and Pixelfed. You can post or send urls to those servers on Twitter.
Show threadTAIDec 16, 2022
@drewharwell here's a tip, anyone left on that foul bird's nest can test Musk's position quite simply. Watch what happens when you post the same sentiment towards dictators and authoritarians that Iranian protestors expressed.
Show threadShawn Smith PeirceDec 16, 2022

@drewharwell FWIW Drew, I'd recommend approaching Washington Post execs immediately, and not only making sure the Washington Post is legitimately set up on Mastodon or elsewhere like Post.

I'd also recommend the Post execs immediately pull Twitter from the sharing tool on all WaPo articles.

People can still share manually to Twitter or anywhere - but the Post should not assist them to do so on Twitter any longer.

Show threadChris HansonDec 16, 2022
@drewharwell My hope is that this is what will cause the Post, the Times, et al to set up their own Mastodon servers that federate with the rest of the world and act as “inherent verification” for their reporters and columnists.
Show threadDream WarriorDec 16, 2022
@drewharwell said from jump street @elonmusk DID NOT care about free speech. Constantly asked if employees at his companies were free to voice thier opinions? @twitter_very_official should die now.. should be nothing more than truth social 2.0
Show threadAbaddonDec 16, 2022

@drewharwell @drewharwell He’s a little tin-pot hat dictator playing Putin by eliminating all dissenting voices. And, in true vatnik fashion, calls censorship free speech.

Love is Hate. War is Peace. Elon Musk is the new Big Brother. However, by silencing centrist and left voices, he has only succeeded in moving Parler to a different platform.

Same voices talking to each other. Same people and bots in the same old circle jerk.

Show threadShayRSFDec 16, 2022
@drewharwell Little Lord Faunterloy (LLF) is welcome to enjoy his acquisition without great journalists. The Mastodon Federation is a brighter place with you here.
Show threadPhil RobertsonDec 16, 2022

@drewharwell

Well said Drew Harwell. Here are a series of arguments outlining why it is now obligatory to leave Twitter, which is not a public square but a private company stood up by the strength of ITS USERS.

https://robertsonp.substack.com/p/in-defense-of-the-twitter-quitter

In Defense of the Twitter Quitter

You don’t need to stay on Twitter and ‘fight’

Phil's Takes
Show threadDr. Tracy A. Pearson, JDDec 16, 2022
@drewharwell followed. Please follow back
Show threadAbaddonDec 16, 2022
@drewharwell By the way… Welcome to Mastodon. New home of the pre-musk Twitter culture. He thinks he silenced us…
I was talking to people around the world with similar interests before twitter was well known, before Tom started looking for friends on MySpace.
Back in the day, we’d get a domain and create our own chat room/msg boards.