Matthew SheffieldDec 17, 2022

Oh my.

@Mediaite conservative writer Isaac Schorr misread the Twitter account @joinmastodon as "John Mastodon," and said that the open source social media software was named after this imaginary person. https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/hypocrisy-and-fear-all-the-way-down-at-twitter/

Hypocrisy and Fear All the Way Down at Twitter

After you’ve drawn such a strong distinction on speech and human freedom, you can’t make any mistake about the side on which you belong.

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Show threadDell Cameron 🐈‍⬛
@mattsheffield that’s awesome. for year at gizmodo, we told people the site was named after a guy named Ted Gizmodo.
Dec 17, 2022 at 6:23pmWeb
Show threadHammancheezDec 17, 2022
@dell @mattsheffield pour one out for Timothy Gawker Esq too
Show threadAsylumDEG Dec 17, 2022
@dell @mattsheffield actually, at the risk of being accused of doxxing, I think this is him. He used to tell people he was "Tom" but we knew...
Show threadMatthew SheffieldDec 17, 2022
@AsylumDEG @dell You never know! I might need to do my own research. Rumor has it that John Mastodon was an early PayPal executive along with Tim Apple and Melon Husk.
Show threadBrian BroadusDec 17, 2022

@dell @mattsheffield

Jerry Usenet and I went to middle school together.