Dan GillmorDec 17, 2022

I don't think journalists (in general) -- and certainly not the organizations they work for -- fully understand the threat Musk represents to the future of free expression and journalism itself.

Begging him to reinstate the banned accounts is pure folly. It is bended-knee supplication to a sociopath who now controls a powerful media company. But the power of his company depends in no small degree on keeping journalists there.

Leave. Now.

Show threadhikewithrichardDec 17, 2022
@dangillmor I think it's important to realise and understand that Twitter is in a monopoly position. Yes, we have alternatives but the crowds are on Twitter. We need the crowd to move, and then everyone can leave twitter. I think optimism is the greatest problem. People are optimistic that Twitter will recover. I want to jump from Twitter but I don't want to talk with myself for months, waiting for people to arrive here.
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@harmonicarichard this is why I hesitated to follow all those journalists that were banned. Like abused victims, the minute the abuser unbans them, I have a feeling they will go scurrying back and forget about mastodon. And yes, that optimism that things/ people will change, against all evidence, keeps people in abusive relationships all the time
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