Mastodawn

Dan Gillmor Dec 19, 2022

If Musk "steps down" as Twitter CEO, per his latest bogus "poll", some things to remember:

1) He'll still be in control. The owner sets the policy the CEO carries out. The owner decides in the end.

2) He lies incessantly. Nothing he says can be trusted, ever.

3) Big Journalism will breathlessly cover the charade as if it meant something, and will continue to support a man who loathes honest reporting and has contempt for genuine freedom of expression.

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hands0l0

@dangillmor The only solution is to encourage people to join Mastodon and delete Twitter.

Don't read tweets. Don't keep up with the Elon fiasco. Separate entirely. Eventually they will realize they are shouting into an empty room and the effort will not be worth it.

Don't even lurk. Don't drive traffic to Twitter. Pretend Mastodon is the platform you have been using all along and let's carry on.