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Taylor LorenzI can’t believe Elon Musk banned for tweeting this 😵💫 #twitter #elonmusk #twittermigaration #twitterexodus #tech #technews #journalist
frank_bough@taylorlorenz why are you and other journalists still on Twitter?
Sean@frank_bough @taylorlorenz because it’s still where the people are.
@Craktok @taylorlorenz and the people are still there because the journalists are still there. And on, and on, and on.
All validating and generating content for Space Karen.
@frank_bough I’d argue the people are still there because there’s a plethora of other social media sites but they’re all tiny and mastodon is super unfriendly to a newbie.
@Craktok Yep, maybe. So was Twitter when it started. Progress requires change not inertia.
@frank_bough but Twitter became much friendlier and became mainstream. I wonder if mastodon ever will.
LadyUnicornEJG@Craktok @frank_bough I really don't get how this is "super unfriendly" tbh. The community seems friendlier than Twitter was (much less is now), the apps aren't hard to follow (the site might be a little more). The most confusing part seemed to be picking a server.
@ladyunicornejg @frank_bough I don’t mean the people are unfriendly. I mean the sign up is unfriendly to the layperson. Why do people need to find a particular server to sign up to!?! What’s the difference between the servers!?!
Dave@frank_bough @Craktok @taylorlorenz perfect response!
Perfect analysis.
Anne Ursu@frank_bough @Craktok @taylorlorenz because it's her job. It's the media organizations that need the pressure, not the reporters.
jorgen@frank_bough @Craktok @taylorlorenz that's a strange comment. Journalists are supposed to be everywhere to cover what happens. Should they let Twitter become Elon's personal echo chamber?
@jorgen @frank_bough @Craktok @taylorlorenz do they go to truth social, gab, parler, minds, etc. specifically posting to them all? Are they over here actually posting it? They don't all post everywhere, and his site is going to be pretty much that no matter what. He owns it now.
@jorgen @frank_bough @taylorlorenz exactly. The politicians and celebrities are on Twitter as well as hundreds of millions of people. Twitter can’t be ignored.
Massa 👽 Humberto@frank_bough @taylorlorenz That's a really good question. Don't you think it's time to ALL journalists and news outlets to figure out that twitter is no longer a reliable platform and just outright delete/freeze all their accounts?
Scott, present & accounted for
AKATSUKI CYBER TEAM@frank_bough @taylorlorenz Twitter is still a platform with 500 million users. Sure, Mastodon needs to grow but people still go on Twitter for news and information.
Julianna Thompson@91toph @frank_bough @taylorlorenz Point…it is a big challenge to migrate that many people to new platform in a short period. It took years to grow Twitter and I am sure the servers at Mastodon would crumble if everyone jumped all at once.
@cjt @frank_bough @taylorlorenz also migrating alot of people from Twitter to Mastodon would require Mastodon to also be attractive to advertisers, something that Mastodon doesn't have the infrastructure, staff and policy to implement.
christian crumlish@91toph @cjt @frank_bough @taylorlorenz why would it require that? I've never met a person who said they used a social media platform because they like/want the ads. It'd need funding, but in particular curated ads were a mistake that unfortunately was loved by advertisers and the rich (and not enough others cared)
karl (#karlnamenpflicht)@cjt @91toph @frank_bough @taylorlorenz No one can "migrate that many people" from twitter to mastodon. Everyone has to do it individually. Migrating yourself is not that big of a deal though. It's rather that content creators stay on twitter "because that's were people are" & people stay on twitter "because that's were content creators are"... It's just inertia. Someone has to start & as always that responsibility to change rests on each & every one of us individually! There is no excuse! 😉
@kjuh @91toph @frank_bough @taylorlorenz I misused the word “migrate.” I meant the movement is mass accounts…but yes, all true and good points.
Wendy Little@91toph @frank_bough @taylorlorenz I still check twitter to see what's going on and to see posters that haven't migrated yet.
But I now go to Mastodon first. Things are growing here and many of the influential twitter posters have come over, so I get the gist of what's going on in the world over here first before checking the birdsite.
I am on Post but don't like it much. Already too commercialized and all the different type sizes and bolding is very disruptive to the eye.
Stanley Black-DeckerBecause if they stop courting and playing along with fascism they don't get access to fascists for blockbuster interviews
It's all about the benjamins
Of course, if you read Taylor's twitter post, what's happened here is no amount of compromising with Elon has guaranteed journalist's access with him, and calling him out publicly is a way of reversing the stakes in access journalism
Taylor probably didn't see my post about that (https://urbanists.social/@pleaseclap/109527333874723445) but it's textbook: nice work
@taylorlorenz
Stanley Black-Decker (@[email protected])
Listen okay I do have one last coherent thought before bedtime Access journalism is this situation where the powerful simply revoke access to them when you displease them (this is a class-based social tactic they use in lots of settings, but that's another topic) It does work in reverse: you can exhibit someone shutting down access and avoiding exposure Newsrooms don't do more of that because they live in a world where people who don't like their reporting might kill them
Brar Piening@taylorlorenz oh, really?
I absolutely can believe this.
How dare you, to ask the emperor uncomfortable questions?
I absolutely can believe this.
How dare you, to ask the emperor uncomfortable questions?
EnronMusk@taylorlorenz he’s just running his enemies off the site
Shadowy Cabal Enthusiast@EnronMusk @taylorlorenz There will be literally nobody there at this rate 🙄
Steph Matuku@taylorlorenz I can. He's an idiot.
beryl@taylorlorenz Just laugh and shake your head. And then publish a juicy story...
Chad 
@taylorlorenz first they muzzled the journalists
we don't know what happened after that.
Glad you're here Taylor.
mary angela perna✅@taylorlorenz if there were any doubt that twitter is basically over, the banning of non-reactionary journalists *for criticizing him, reporting on musk* is to me, obscene & there’s no saving twitter at this point.
To journalists reading this: tell you colleagues to come over to mastodon. Make twitter irrelevant
@maryangelaperna1 @taylorlorenz Exactly. Why are journalists still on Twitter?
@scottspeaking @taylorlorenz I think more and more are coming over here.
Vicci HoDid he respond to Drew and your email?
@taylorlorenz All you did was ask a simple question. You didn't deserve this. What a spiteful baby. How is he gonna convince advertisers to come back when he can just ban people at his will?
Nina Cano@taylorlorenz he's thin skinned.
Mary Phillips 🚐💨🐾🏳️🌈🌎⚖🇺🇸@taylorlorenz finally listened to your discussion on igenpolitics with @victorshi and @JillWineBanks what timing.
Chris. R. 🎧🎼☕🍍@taylorlorenz Its ridiculous to be suspended for this, and a clear sign that more effort and energy should be invested on other platforms.
Nathan Warner@taylorlorenz that man is deranged...
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Valerie Curtis@taylorlorenz There’s no excuse for it; this is not freedom of the press and should have consequences like abandoning Twitter.
Jay 🆘@taylorlorenz What tweet was this in response to?
Mark Frauenfelder@taylorlorenz https://boingboing.net/2022/12/18/free-speech-foe-elon-musk-suspends-washington-posts-taylor-lorenz-for-asking-him-for-a-comment.html
Free speech foe Elon Musk suspends Washington Post's Taylor Lorenz for asking him for a comment | Boing Boing
When Twitter suspended Washington Post journalist Taylor Lorenz last night, she had 340,000 followers and three live tweets. Two of the tweets were links to her other social media accounts one was …
Niina Pakola@taylorlorenz I think people are reacting and leaving Twitter. Might take a while.
Doctor😷G 🇵🇹🇺🇸@taylorlorenz On his way to the Bonesaw Kingdom as we speak. Undoubtedly looking for "investment". [UPDATE - landing in Qatar. Anything happening there, today?]
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MMmcgibbins 
I can totes believe it. You’re an intelligent female. You scare him.
peskypesky@taylorlorenz You can't believe that a douchebag did something douchey?
CartyBoston@taylorlorenz looking forward to learning more about the, um, "information"
stoamandl@taylorlorenz this guy reminds me of my childhood. Pointless crying and beating around when you don't like something and you don't know how to deal with it.
RMBerry@taylorlorenz and yet somehow I can.
mgwhammy@taylorlorenz Seems like the ending here is now crystal-clear:
"When asked, Musk would not comment."
(clicks "Publish" button)
Aral Balkan@taylorlorenz But you can, through, right? (Believe it, I mean.)
How is this in any way surprising given what we know about the poster-boy of capitalism?
b@taylorlorenz out of curiosity what is the "about this" about ?
Tea@taylorlorenz he is legit insane . He needs to be stopped
Stephen With a PH@taylorlorenz Elon is showing his bias and not being a leader of a company who can be trusted. His resolution to being asked hard questions by journalists is to ban them without reasoning. It’s turning into a dangerous platform and not very representative of “free speech.”