Steve Herman
"Under the ban Herman has abruptly lost his 112,000-strong Twitter following and has had to turn to Mastodon, a small but growing rival social media network, where he has only 24,000." https://www.jurist.org/news/2022/12/twitter-suspensions-arbitrarily-throttle-american-journalists-jurist-journalist-in-residence-steve-herman-speaks-out-on-his-twitter-ban/ @JURISTnews
Twitter suspensions ‘arbitrarily throttle’ American journalists: JURIST Journalist in Residence Steve Herman speaks out on his Twitter ban

“To have this happening to American journalists in the United States by an American with an American social media platform…has been raising eyebrows around the world,” said Steve Herman, Chief Nationa...

Dec 17, 2022 at 1:27amWeb
Show threadLorraine SommerfeldDec 17, 2022
@w7voa @JURISTnews
Only 24,000. In a day.
Heh.
Show threadlostinthemidwestDec 17, 2022
@LorraineSommerfeld @w7voa @JURISTnews and all real people.
Show threadLeRoy MillerDec 17, 2022

@w7voa

The last post I saw from you I thought - wow, he's just asking to get suspended. But I am glad I saw your mastodon handle before you went dark on the bird site.

Show threadEmDec 17, 2022
@kd8bxp @w7voa he was reporting on the suspended journalists, right?
Show threadmidwesterner 🦬Dec 17, 2022
@w7voa @JURISTnews 25.7K now!👍
Show threadSandyDec 17, 2022
@w7voa @JURISTnews 24k is a lot of here lmao
Show threadTJDec 17, 2022
@w7voa It's about the quality not the numbers!
Show threadJohnWDec 17, 2022
@TJ @w7voa Exactly!
Show threadMagsDec 17, 2022

@w7voa @JURISTnews

I found you so the other 111,999 will.

Show threadEmDec 17, 2022
@w7voa @JURISTnews 24,000 in one day is pretty amazing actually! And no bots.
Show threadQuantumDec 17, 2022
@w7voa @JURISTnews Who cares about Twitter followers. For one, most of them are fake accounts anyway. Many people say that they have much more interaction with much fewer followers on Mastodon. Besides that, there are people who voluntarily killed their Twitter account of 12 million followers, only to start all over again on Mastodon with less than 100 K followers.
Show threadAdam HummelDec 17, 2022
@w7voa @JURISTnews 24,001
Show threadJJ PetersonDec 17, 2022
@w7voa @JURISTnews waaaaaaaaahhhhhh. Cmon Steve, just stop.
Show threadHyoun ParkDec 17, 2022
@w7voa @JURISTnews interesting initial metric of how much of an audience will potentially follow people over. Honestly, getting 20% to follow you over immediately is great, especially if that’s over 1,000 people. Those are real fans of your work.
Show threadLongshotDec 17, 2022
@w7voa lol I'm sure that'll grow in short time
Show threadMondenfeeDec 17, 2022
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Welcome to the bright side
Show threadDrAsymmetricPhD (she/her)Dec 17, 2022
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Show threadMad Sci ∴Dec 17, 2022
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Now 27k
Show threadJamesWNealDec 17, 2022
@w7voa @JURISTnews 25k now and people do need to find one another, so things take time. Methinks you're doing just fine.
Show threadquayDec 17, 2022

@w7voa @JURISTnews

Oh no! Only 24,000 actual people instead of whatever mess of accounts on Twitter are???

Show threadStormcrowDec 17, 2022
@w7voa @JURISTnews Quality, not quantity.
Show threadUnprecedented 2023Dec 17, 2022
@w7voa @JURISTnews Following.
Show threadPaulDec 17, 2022
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We're here for you, Steve.
Show threadhalfpipeDec 17, 2022
@w7voa @JURISTnews
At least @mstdn a greater portion of those 24k are a meaningfully invested audience
Show threadJonasnutsDec 17, 2022
@w7voa eheheheh @stephenfry deleted his 13.5M (yes, million, European millions) followers Twitter account an started from scratch, here :-) I think he is doing fine :-) @JURISTnews
Show threadBarbara MidgetteDec 17, 2022
@w7voa @JURISTnews Steve’s followers will find and follow him on Mastodon!