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Taylor Lorenz
Mediaite right wing writer Isaac Schorr misread the Twitter account @joinmastodon as "John Mastodon," and referred to him as the founder of the platform in his article https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/hypocrisy-and-fear-all-the-way-down-at-twitter/ #tech #twitter #twittermigration #twitterexodus #news #media
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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Dec 18, 2022 at 1:20amMastodon for iOS
Show threadLuis LevyDec 18, 2022
@taylorlorenz This has made my day
Show threadThomasDec 18, 2022
@atmanrising @taylorlorenz Now we have an inside joke to laugh about. 😁
Show threadVincent St. Pierre 🇨🇦Dec 18, 2022

@taylorlorenz I stand with John Mastodon.

#JohnMastodon

Show threadIncognitimDec 18, 2022
@vsp @taylorlorenz
I figured out who #JohnMastodon is by using anagrams. Pinned to my profile if you feel like checking it out! 🤓
Show threadBrian WooleyDec 18, 2022

@taylorlorenz

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Show threadProfessor Fig dies all endingsDec 18, 2022
@taylorlorenz Wait, isn't Schorr one of those ghouls from National Review? That makes this even funnier
Show threadmary angela perna✅Dec 18, 2022
@epistemophagy @taylorlorenz so hilarious. I pray that was fr the embarrassing national review lmao
Show threadDaveDec 18, 2022
@taylorlorenz and then the inevitable happened...
Show threadBarbaraKB in MichiganDec 18, 2022
@taylorlorenz and we’ve gone nuts for the #JohnMastondon hashtag laughs here! 
Show threadDebbieDec 18, 2022
@taylorlorenz I was wondering what this was all about.😂
Show threadJohn KDec 18, 2022
@taylorlorenz
It took them quite awhile to fix that.
Show threadBruce MirkenDec 18, 2022
@taylorlorenz As @mmasnick has suggested, all Mastodonians in the #TwitterMigration shall henceforth be referred to on the #BirdSite as "friends of John." 🤣
Show threadJohn G FitzgeraldDec 18, 2022
@BruceMirken @taylorlorenz @mmasnick I can live with that 😄
Show threadGinormous Podcast FactoryDec 18, 2022
@BruceMirken @taylorlorenz @mmasnick
Dec 17, 2022 will be remembered as John Mastodon Day.
Show threadBig BoatDec 18, 2022
@Heisenbergs_Uncertainty @BruceMirken @taylorlorenz @mmasnick Remember Remember the 17th of December. The day John Mastodon has brought. I see no reason during this season that John Mastodon should ever be forgot. #johnmastodon
Show threadbobocubedDec 18, 2022

@Heisenbergs_Uncertainty @BruceMirken @taylorlorenz @mmasnick

Already put a calendar alert for next year, we'll check in then.

Show threadpapooof4Dec 18, 2022
@boelder @Heisenbergs_Uncertainty @BruceMirken @taylorlorenz @mmasnick I did that, too.
Show threadAliDec 18, 2022

@Heisenbergs_Uncertainty @BruceMirken @taylorlorenz @mmasnick

High above the city of S.F. an emerald mine heir has seized a company, taken hostages, and declared war.

One man has managed to escape...
An off-duty journalist hiding somewhere inside.

He's alone, tired...
and the only chance anyone has got.

#JohnMastodon
TOOT HARD

Show threadHeyJoeDec 18, 2022
@grissallia @Heisenbergs_Uncertainty @BruceMirken @taylorlorenz @mmasnick is this a Christmas movie?
Show threadAliDec 18, 2022
@thatjoe @Heisenbergs_Uncertainty @BruceMirken @taylorlorenz @mmasnick absolutely
Show threadGravecat Dec 18, 2022
@Heisenbergs_Uncertainty It's even better than Ed Balls Day. :3
Show threadBeanie MacIntoshDec 18, 2022
@BruceMirken @taylorlorenz @mmasnick 👍
Show threadDuende ModeDec 18, 2022
@taylorlorenz I think you have a lot of catching up to do #JohnMastodon
Show threadcolin.schaub 🇺🇦Dec 18, 2022
@taylorlorenz oh my gosh I was so lost on how/why someone was writing that John Mastodon build Mastodon. Makes sense now.
Show threadMatildaDec 18, 2022
@taylorlorenz Taylor have you missed out on the #JohnMastodon memery that’s been going on here all day?? Some hilarious stuff
Show threadVictor Barreiro Jr.Dec 18, 2022

@taylorlorenz

Well, it could have been Jojo Mastodon.

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure into Social Media.

Show threadjadeablissDec 18, 2022

@taylorlorenz

@amalgamary 👆🏾

Show threadMary OliviaDec 18, 2022
@Jadeabliss @taylorlorenz Thanks, this both explained the meme AND showed me that Taylor Lorenz is here to follow :D
Show threadUnabogie has voted Kamala!Dec 18, 2022

@taylorlorenz

Well, I went to Harvard, then Yale, then MIT, then DeDry with John and he's just quirky, OK?

Show threadArqArtur0Dec 18, 2022
@taylorlorenz @johann_kuste checa 🤣
Show threadScott Raymond Dec 18, 2022
@taylorlorenz Unfortunately they heard about this, and corrected the article with an acknowledgment at the bottom trying to be amusing but failing.
Show threadAgoraDec 18, 2022
@Skawt @taylorlorenz, everything on the right is stupid now. People and the media tolerated Trump in 2015; we shouldn't make the same mistake with Musk. He is relentless and shameless in his plan to destroy America from within.
Show threadUrsaDec 18, 2022
@taylorlorenz
Imagine being him and realizing that this will be the thing that enshrines you in the history books.
Show threadgarlandDec 18, 2022
@UrsaAshBear @taylorlorenz The author will be quickly forgotten. The memory of #JohnMastodon will live on forever.
Show threadKelleyDec 18, 2022
@taylorlorenz this is our Spartacus moment.
I am #JohnMastodon
Show threadPaul Chambers🚧Dec 18, 2022

@taylorlorenz

"referred" as in, 'made up a set of facts about #JohnMastodon and the naming of #Mastodon after a person named #JohnMastodon who doesn't exist.'

I misread and get confused all the time, but I don't make up crap. Just goes to show, Isaac Schorr's writings should be put under the microscope. Anonymous source in articles should be examined by editors, everything.

#tech #twitter #twittermigration #twitterexodus #news #media

Show threadMr HuffleDec 18, 2022

@paul @taylorlorenz THIS. After the laughter is gone there's still the rotten smell of bad journalism.

Even if this is just an editorial, it shows such a huge degree of incompetence, unprofessional work and lack of standards that it's downright stupid.

Such a person wants to tell someone about something?

Updated: spelling and vocabulary

Show threadFrank Millheim Dec 18, 2022
@taylorlorenz Taylor this story’s 3 hrs old try to keep up 😂
Show threadBrad BelstockDec 18, 2022

@taylorlorenz and for that he gets Muttley....

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Show threadMatt ⎊ Dec 18, 2022
@taylorlorenz 😂😂😂
Show threadsé reedDec 18, 2022
@taylorlorenz how does this actually make everything SO MUCH BETTER 😆😆😆😆😆
Show threadDigital DolphinDec 18, 2022
@taylorlorenz do you think John Mastodon knows Tim Apple? 🤣
Show threadAgoraDec 18, 2022
@Tyld @taylorlorenz is he single? I want a rich, techy husband 😂
Show threadFeminist Proper GanderDec 18, 2022
@taylorlorenz the right's getting better at comedy but only by accident
Show threadSonuDec 18, 2022
@taylorlorenz I think John Mastadon is the person who jumped on Elon’s car.
Show threadDani 🍁Dec 18, 2022

@taylorlorenz

That’s a pretty big gaff.

We get a kick out of it.

Show threadDaniel Rubino Dec 18, 2022
@taylorlorenz
Show threadWayne RohretDec 18, 2022
@taylorlorenz who is John mastodon?
Show threadjravDec 18, 2022
@taylorlorenz Thank you for the explanation!! I had no idea what was going on. This is hilarious!
Show threadLenninDec 18, 2022
@taylorlorenz lol 🤣
Show threadAaron BrethorstDec 18, 2022
@taylorlorenz omg
Show threadJohn PanzerDec 18, 2022
@taylorlorenz And then the correction is perhaps even funnier.
Show threadJohn PanzerDec 18, 2022
@taylorlorenz (They’re kinda glossing over making up a backstory for this person who as far as they know does not exist. But you know, whatever, or stuff.)
Show threadMs ChiefDec 18, 2022
@jpanzer @taylorlorenz 🤦🏻‍♀️
Show threadAngry_gramDec 18, 2022
@taylorlorenz @jpanzer And just how far is that? 😂🤣😂🤣🤣
Show threadRobert BlakeleyDec 18, 2022
@taylorlorenz Thank you for the context!
Show threadKetzirah LesserDec 18, 2022
@taylorlorenz 😂​😂​😂​
Show threadCat WestDec 18, 2022
@taylorlorenz This is going to be almost as much fun as Dark Brandon memes.
Show threadJoe JacksonDec 18, 2022
@taylorlorenz new Tim Apple dropped
Show threadSuzanne PaleyDec 18, 2022
@taylorlorenz People here complaining that this is old news, but I've been AFK all day, seen some funny posts, and wondered when I was going to see one that clued me in to what it was all about. So thanks for that!