Dan GillmorJan 5, 2023

I keep saying journalists should leave Twitter and use Mastodon, which is better for them in every way. At TechDirt I've posted a somewhat lengthy why-and-how: https://www.techdirt.com/2023/01/04/journalists-and-others-should-leave-twitter-heres-how-they-can-get-started/

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Journalists (And Others) Should Leave Twitter. Here’s How They Can Get Started

Summary: Elon Musk has demonstrated contempt for free speech in general, and journalism in particular, with his behavior at Twitter. He is also demonstrating why it is foolhardy for anyone to rely …

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Show threadBritish Tech GuruJan 5, 2023
@dangillmor The problem with Mastodon is there's no uniqueness to user names. Joe Dingleberry can find he can be [email protected] but somebody else could be [email protected]
Show threadLambert HellerJan 5, 2023
@britishtechguru @dangillmor With Mastodon (or any other Fediverse service, for that matter) you can use your own domain name for your username. This more unique than anything@ twitter .com. Plus, you factually *own* your username.
Show threadBritish Tech GuruJan 5, 2023
@Lambo @dangillmor Then it goes from free to costing money which isn't that far off from paying for a blue check mark.
Show threadLambert Heller
@britishtechguru @dangillmor Sure, it's cheap and easy to have a unique name within someone's arbitrary business model. It's just as unique, sustainably yours, as they want. Just as anything else you do/have on their platform. On he other hand, there *are* other models than paying for your own domain name out there, e.g. municipalities, cooperatives owning and sharing their server infrastructure.
Jan 5, 2023 at 10:23amWeb