Chris TrottierYet another spike in Mastodon registrations happened today!
Usually when this happens, it's due to Elon Musk doing something foolish on Twitter.
So what was it this time?
I suspect it's related to holocaust denial... 🧵
Twitter has been sued in Germany for holocaust denial.
This is not a small thing.
In Germany, holocaust denial is a crime!
https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/25/elon-musk-twitter-antisemitic-hate-speech-lawsuit-germany/
When many people read stuff like this in the BBC, they don't tend to feel warm and fuzzy about Twitter.
This is one reason people may be migrating to Mastodon.
It doesn't help that the FTC is investigating Twitter for security lapses, and that these lapses have continued even as Elon Musk runs the company.
Foolishness keeps happening on Twitter!
A hacker took over Robinhood's Twitter account to push a crypto scam.
1.1 million Robinhood followers on Twitter received a message asking them to pay $0.0005 for a token called ‘RBH’ on the Binance Smart Chain.
Even Finance bros are getting pissed off with Twitter!
https://cointelegraph.com/news/hackers-take-over-robinhood-s-twitter-account-to-promote-scam-token
And remember how Nick Fuentes was re-instated yesterday on Twitter after being banned in July 2021?
He was banned again within 24 hours.
So what was the point of this foolish exercise -- other than to piss off everyone?
Nick Fuentes Twitter account suspended less than 24 hours after reinstatement
Twitter has suspended the account of white supremacist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes less than 24 hours after his reinstatement on the platform. Fuentes posted a picture of his suspended account on Telegram on Wednesday morning, with the caption “Well it was fun while it lasted.” The 24-year-old leader of the “America First” movement had…
Who else is Elon Musk pissing off?
Indians.
Specifically for caving in to Narendra Modi's censorship demands.
It's clear that Twitter is no beacon for free speech.
What's been Elon Musk's response to all the foolishness happening on Twitter?
"It is not possible for me to fix every aspect of Twitter worldwide overnight, while still running Tesla and SpaceX, among other things."
Well, maybe you shouldn't have bought Twitter if you can't handle the responsibility!
Some people are saying, "Everyone who wants to migrate from Twitter has already done so."
Not the case.
There's such a thing known as "death by 1,000 cuts".
Which is what's happening on Twitter right now.
Sure, not everyone is persuaded to leave Twitter because of racism or outages or security lapses.
But each time foolishness happens, someone logs out of Twitter -- never to log in ever again.
And some of them -- albeit a minority -- find their way to the Fediverse.
Fabien@atomicpoet network effects also work on the way down: every person that leaves makes the platform less valuable, increasing the likelihood of the next person leaving, etc
Kingsley Uyi Idehen
Rob Bos@fabienmarry Not to mention, every node on a network has different weighted value. Nobody cares if Mike, from Canmore, has a fax machine, but if the CRA accepts faxes, that adds a lot more value to the network. High-value nodes leaving the network disrupt connectivity in the social graph to a disproportionate degree - and we don't always KNOW which nodes are high value!
Andi
Arena Cops 🇺🇦✌@atomicpoet The people of the free world should ask their governments, who are supposed to represent them why they are still stuck with the birdsite held by a billionaire apologist of racists, white supremacists, religious fanatics & extremists of every conceivable color of insurrectionary subversiveness, bound to destabilize, attack & destroy the foundations of the Rule of thePeople, aka their democracy, the value of their voice.
#Democracy #GoGovernments #LeaveTwitter #Extremism #Terrorism
NLAWScametovisit@atomicpoet arent we still consistently at ~ +400 accounts an hour?
@NLAWScametovisit Over the past two days, there have been spikes. See first post in this thread.
Robin from Colorado 🇺🇸🇺🇦@atomicpoet people are afraid to lose their followers. Journos are afraid to lose clicks. They have to build here on solid ground while landslides keep happening on twitter.
Steve Lhomme@atomicpoet a lot people built a large audience / community there that they are not going to give up easily. Starting from scratch here doesn't seem appealing.
Wolf_Baginski@robUx4 @atomicpoet
I have seen several pieces on misleading numbers. Not limited to Birdplace. It may be the membership claims of a cult religion or the support claimed by a politician. Birdplace now tells you the number of views and it is far lower than the Followers an account has. Which number are advertisers paying for?
Even a wrong number can be useful. TV viewer counts were good enough. But nobody tried to sell 34710352 as the right number. 35 million worked.
@robUx4 @atomicpoet
There are things made with high precision but it is difficult. This was something American companies led the world in. Packard built better Merlin engines than Rolls-Royce because of that. But you can never predict to the last penny, you can only count them afterwards
There are things made with high precision but it is difficult. This was something American companies led the world in. Packard built better Merlin engines than Rolls-Royce because of that. But you can never predict to the last penny, you can only count them afterwards
Alan Martello@atomicpoet If things don’t work out for you in the fediverse, you clearly have a fallback career as an executive life coach. 👍
Neil A. Evans@atomicpoet maybe shouldn’t have fired all the staff then Elon…
Devin Pike :bona fide:@atomicpoet @NeilEvansRocks … or wrecked functionality less than two months after buying the keys.
OutOnTheMoors@atomicpoet Typo alert: The username should be Mr Twit
Sparky Santos@atomicpoet as if #PonyBoy’s actually doing anything positive for companies he’s screwing over. #PhonyStark is apt. 1/4 million to fail getting a hand job best describes the loser.
Fábio Costa 🐇🕐🎩☕@atomicpoet P3d0 guy thought he was Iron Man, he noticed he's a second banana Lex Luthor
Cat Food Casserole@atomicpoet
Who is he kidding? The fixing for him is encouraging this BS. And he's killing Tesla and at SpaceX he isn't the one who makes things run.
Who is he kidding? The fixing for him is encouraging this BS. And he's killing Tesla and at SpaceX he isn't the one who makes things run.
Iron Curtain (Chiptunes)I can say with over 9000% certainty that @mmasnick predicted this like a meteorologist predicts the weather: https://www.techdirt.com/2022/11/02/hey-elon-let-me-help-you-speed-run-the-content-moderation-learning-curve/
Jorg Geerlings@atomicpoet well actually, it’s your job, and you chose it !
@atomicpoet he and Failing Facebook have a sedition club 😳😳 https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/01/25/trump-facebook-reinstated-meta/
Old Man Mike@atomicpoet and also that he is a total wanker
cestmoi
k0an@atomicpoet Twitter Files! 🙄
@atomicpoet gee who could have seen that coming?
Roob@atomicpoet this would be a culture shock for US, considering police aren't even liable for public protection failures in the US. (Warren vs District of Columbia)
Jeff@atomicpoet musk does whatever he wants
Xantulon 
@atomicpoet German orgs creating instances might account for that jump too. I doubt there are that many devs setting up test servers
Satyros Phil Brucato@atomicpoet I hope they rail MuskWitter. I reported a Holocaust denier a month or two ago; dude had tons of anti-Jewish content on his wall, yet Twitter refused to act. Burn them.
@atomicpoet 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
@atomicpoet musk will close German plant
TC Won't Give In To Lies@atomicpoet
Twitter doesn't pay its rent or server bills, why would it a German fine. Perhaps there will be jail time.
Twitter doesn't pay its rent or server bills, why would it a German fine. Perhaps there will be jail time.
Wayne Werner@atomicpoet mmmmmm, schadenfreude 🖤
graphictruthI haven't retreated completely because there are some things I can't follow here. Until I get an alternate source that isn't facestomp or instahack, I will check in from time to time.
I am spending more time on reddit. It's not as current but it's amazing for curated topics.
LeaBug@atomicpoet oh shit!
GlennMagusHarvey@atomicpoet As a completely predictable result, it turns out that it was a bad idea to get rid of the content moderation team and to let jerks back onto the platform.
@atomicpoet … excellent! +++ …
Jan ThieTo paraphrase Alice: interestinger and interestinger.
Fish HeadCanada attempting same law, with characteristic efficiency.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/anti-holocaust-denial-bill-charter-budget-1.6446671
Canada plans to criminalize Holocaust denial. It could be unconstitutional | CBC News
The federal government will attempt to join several countries in Europe, including Germany, that makes Holocaust denial a crime. However, like any legislation that seeks to put curbs on expression, it could be subject to Charter challenges.
DorotheaLaster@atomicpoet That is so awesome!!!
Lunatech@atomicpoet And Damn, I hope they make the #MuskRat PAY!!!!!
Christian Klüber-Demir 🏈