Elon Musk buying Twitter has been the best thing happening to the idea of decentralized social networks since the invention of TCP/IP.
(still true: it's a gift that keeps on giving)
(while this is still true, I am less sure by now that it was worth it.)
@leonido It's also a good reminder that even if one is good in many things, it does not mean that one is good in all things.
@leonido and HTTP, XML, feed formats etc,
@jreschke @leonido agree - to me RSS was the best solution. even facebook had RSS feeds in the beginning.
@leonido what should #chiefsink buy next 😅
Energy
25%
Power grid
16.7%
… (into any oligopol)
58.3%
Poll ended at .
@leonido Similar: Vladimir Putin's unprovoked aggression against Ukraine has been the best thing happening to the idea of local, renewable energy generation as opposed to buying fossil fuels from autocratic regimes.
@leonido Die Umstand, dass Twitter durch Elon Musk aktuell zentralisierter ist denn je scheint tatsächlich sehr viele Menschen dazu bewegt zu haben dezentrale Alternativen wie Mastodon auszuprobieren. Könnte nach der Taldurchfahrt des letzten Jahres ein Anzeichen für einen erneuten Aufschwung dezentraler Technologien (ggf. auch, aber nicht zwingend, für Crypto) sein.
@leonido Yesterday my first thought after Linkgate was:”Nobody can possibly be so stupid”. And after that:”Is Elons secret master plan to kill Twitter?” Both are good for Twitter alternatives like mastodon or post.

@leonido
Here are my recommendations for Elon's next purchases:

https://climateaccountability.org/carbonmajors.html

If he brings them down at the same speed as Twitter, he will probably save the plane all by himself.

BTW, since he was on the Arabic peninsula yesterday. Saudi Aramco is on top. Good place to start...

#elonmusk

Climate Accountability Institute

@leonido Maybe contrarianism isn’t totally useless
@leonido it was an investment for tax reasons..helping a social project…saves tax
@leonido musk has done to much mistakes. Twitter is not hyped anymore. 
@leonido maybe it was his hidden target 🤷‍♂️
@leonido he really is a genius I guess 😂
@leonido and RSS but yeah your example might be more fundamental. I give you that!
@pallenberg but RSS more recent, so a valid point, indeed.