Dan GillmorJan 15, 2023
One of the people who did the most to help make Twitter popular -- because his application made it better -- calls it quits after Musk and minions pulled the plug last week on him and many others. He sees great possibilities in the protocol underlying Mastodon, and I can't wait to see what he and people like him do to restore a truly decentralized web: https://mastodon.social/@chockenberry/109695112387770838
Show threadDan GillmorJan 15, 2023

"What bothers me about Twitterrific’s final day is that it was not dignified. There was no advance notice for its creators, customers just got a weird error, and no one is explaining what’s going on. We had no chance to thank customers who have been with us for over a decade. Instead, it’s just another scene in their ongoing shit show.

"But I guess that’s what you should expect from a shitty person."

--- Craig Hockenberry on Elon Musk

https://furbo.org/2023/01/15/the-shit-show/

The Shit Show • furbo.org

Well, it happened. We knew it was coming. A prick pulled the plug. And what bothers me most about it is how Space Karen did it. My mom passed away just before Christmas. Her decline was something everyone in the family saw coming and we prepared for her demise. It still hurts like hell, but […]

Furbo.org by Craig Hockenberry
Show threadKim
@dangillmor From most recent internal info, third party apps were selectively taken offline. Some were allowed to stay.
Besides his wretched Biz tactics, that just seems illegal (?) I wonder if #legalmastodon exists & could expound for us.
Jan 16, 2023 at 2:32amWeb
Show threadMarkJan 16, 2023
@kimlango @dangillmor Not sure anyone can do anything about it given that Mr Musk owns the company, but this certainly highlights the perils of using someone else's product to build a business/app.
Show threadmathewJan 16, 2023

@Westdragon @kimlango @dangillmor

It's almost frightening how well this post echoes my feelings. For one thing, I also lost my mother before Christmas so this hits home:

"When you see decline, you plan for a demise. It was the last thing mom taught me.

And I've also been working on what "a truly universal timeline" could look like ( https://campaign.openworlds.info/@mathew/109670351809863231)

Because this is exactly where I want to be in the future.:

mathew (@[email protected])

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