Excellent article on Musk’s dismantling of Twitter. Timeline of events, find where you said enough! (Yoel Roth being fed to the wolves for me.)

https://www.theverge.com/23551060/elon-musk-twitter-takeover-layoffs-workplace-salute-emoji

Congrats @zoeschiffer for this 👏👏👏👏

Extremely Hardcore

Twitter’s staff spent years trying to protect the social media site against impulsive billionaires who wanted to use the reach of its platform for their own ends, and then one made himself the CEO.

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@FelixBC @zoeschiffer
I left Twitter in disgust long before Elon bought it.
@tofugolem Very wise. I miss some very perceptive voices there, I hope they’ll all turn up here.

@FelixBC
When social media was originally on the rise, I remember alarming statements by digital rights activists like EFF that the business model of many social media platforms (collecting private info, and using it to influence you) made them an inherent threat to democracy. I ignored it at the time because I was being a curmudgeon and wasn't actually on social media.

When Cambridge Analytica hit, I suddenly remembered those old op-eds and realized I should have listened sooner.