Alaric Aloor🐕🏎⚽️🥃

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You don't have to read that ludicrous WaPo column ( I won't link to it) on #Mastodon by perpetual idiotic and 💩take haver, Megan McArdle. Instead read this Paste Magazine piece about her wherein they clearly explain that her takes and columns can logically only be explained by oafishness 👇🏾

https://www.pastemagazine.com/politics/megan-mcardle/megan-mcardle-fails-upwards-again-this-time-to-the/

Megan McArdle Is the Poster Child for Failing Upward in America

The Koch Brothers have officially infiltrated the Washington Post.

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Jan 18, 2023 at 12:31pmWeb
Show threadAlaric Aloor🐕🏎⚽️🥃Feb 5, 2023

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@ross EFF's first Senior Fellow for Decentralization, with an excellent piece rebutting the nonsense that the WaPo columnist wrote about #mastodon and the #fediverse 👇🏾

"The question isn't if the fediverse can replace Twitter, but if protocols can usurp platforms in our life online. With enough momentum the fediverse can be the fabric of the social web, incorporating existing systems like Tumblr and Medium and outright replacing stragglers."

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/02/breadth-fediverse

The Breadth of the Fediverse

The Washington Post recently published an op-ed by Megan McArdle titled "Twitter might be replaced, but not by Mastodon or other imitators." The article argues that Mastodon is falling into a common trap for open source projects: building a look-alike alternative which improves things a typical...

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Show threadAlaric Aloor🐕🏎⚽️🥃Feb 12, 2023

@alaric

Another excellent piece by @pluralistic rebutting the premature "death" of #Mastodon and the #fediverse pieces being pushed by journalists who seem to either have an agenda or are actively misleading their readers due to their ineptitude and laziness.

"actual usage of the Fediverse continues to increase month by month" 👇🏾
https://doctorow.medium.com/of-course-mastodon-lost-users-c48ef8102891

Of Course Mastodon Lost Users - Cory Doctorow - Medium

This week (Feb 10–17), I’ll be in Australia, touring my book Chokepoint Capitalism with my co-author, Rebecca Giblin. We’re doing a remote event for NZ on Feb 13. Next are Melbourne (Feb 14), Sydney…

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Show threadSydney “The Word” Falk  Feb 12, 2023

@alaric @pluralistic

thank fuck! mastodon’s dying again? excellent. fewer normies. sold. plus, Eugen may listen to users again, instead of a pile of shitheads who showed up to a party and decided to renovate the house instead 🙃

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Show threadWylieCoyoteUK Feb 12, 2023
@alaric @pluralistic
Having been an IT journalist for a while, yes most of them are lazy, ill informed and technicallly challenged.
But that is what the media pays for.
They don't want boring truths.
Show thread`Da ElfFeb 5, 2023
@alaric @ross Protocols not Platforms.
Show threadTofu GolemFeb 5, 2023

@alaric @ross
Wow, you mean to tell me that the Washington Post stopped writing think pieces about "but both sides" and "polarization" long enough to lie about the Fediverse?

Huh. I didn't expect so much improvement so soon.

Show threadthe roamerFeb 6, 2023

@alaric @ross

Great article, puts the whole twitter-to-mastodon movement into proper perspective. Thanks for the link!

(And thank you, @ross , for writing it and sharing your insights!)

Show threadThe Richie RichJan 18, 2023
@alaric never heard of her before and after reading that piece I will definitely stay clear. Vacuous seems appropriate.