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Mastodon Migration Dec 31, 2022

Framing authority George Lakoff @georgelakoff yesterday quoted the brilliant Eric Blair's @protecttruth article:

Twitter is being used by a billionaire to shift public opinion. Time to go elsewhere >>> https://deepnarrative.substack.com/p/twitter-is-being-used-by-a-billionaire

"Twitter is now a danger to American democracy. The only effective solution now is to move to new platforms. There are other social media platforms... we can build them up to support honest debate and provide some replacements to Twitter."

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Twitter is being used by a billionaire to shift public opinion. Time to go elsewhere

When your opponent controls the playing field, you will always lose that fight. Let's democratize our media.

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Mastodon Migration Dec 31, 2022

@georgelakoff More sage wisdom today from Eric Blair @protecttruth :

"Musk’s winning on Twitter. He’s influencing people... That’s shown by the Tate mess... Musk let him back on. And so, for two days when we should have been focused on #Trump’s tax returns and Ginni #Thomas transcripts, instead the whole news cycle has been about the travails of an incel misogynist influencer... Musk and Thiel are succeeding in using Twitter for rightwing goals.

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Musk’s winning on Twitter. He’s influencing people. That’s shown by the Tate mess. Musk let him back on. And so, for two days when we should have been focused on #Trump’s tax returns and Ginni #Thomas transcripts, instead the whole news cycle has been about the travails of an incel misogynist influencer. I hope Tate pays consequences for his crimes and also his hateful rhetoric is banished forever. But Musk and Thiel are succeeding in using Twitter for rightwing goals. #Twitter #media #pizza

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Michael Markman Dec 31, 2022

@mastodonmigration @georgelakoff @[email protected]'m not sure he's influencing. More like distracting. The strategy best articulated by Bannon: "flood the zone with shit."

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@mickeleh @georgelakoff Exactly. Both are true. "Flooding the zone" is a tactic for influencing the media and the public. Much of the Musk/Twitter mishegoss falls into this category. For instance, while everyone is focusing on Musk/Twitter we are not talking about how Musk cashed out $23B of TSLA in 2023. Musk is an expert at distraction.