Dave Troy Mar 28, 2023

By the end of April, the bird site will be a substantially different user experience. Legacy check marks gone; only Blue in “For You”; no non-blue in polls.

This will have the effect of warping the entire ecosystem towards fascist shills, demagogues, and opportunists.

Now would be a good time to invest in alternative infrastructure, including making sure Mastodon instances are fast and robust. We are going to need them.

Show threadErik Jonker
@davetroy true, also financially robust i would like to add, because also Mastodon is not for "free".
Mar 28, 2023 at 1:23pmWeb
Show threadDave Troy Mar 28, 2023

@ErikJonker very true. For folks that wish to contribute to offset hosting costs for toad.social, they can do that here. Other instances should be sure to have similar support mechanisms.

https://donorbox.org/help-support-toad-social

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Show threadAlex AlvarovaMar 29, 2023
@ErikJonker @davetroy Right. I just donated and going to ask other folks to do the same.
Show threadBruce SpencerMar 28, 2023
@ErikJonker @davetroy
Funny, I heard yesterday that the bird site was valued at about 20 billion, less than half of what musky paid for it. Doesn't sound robust to me.
Show threadDave Troy Mar 28, 2023
@Neidfyre @ErikJonker it's really necessary to understand that money is completely irrelevant in the big scheme here to Musk. He purchased an information cannon to warp reality.
https://davetroy.medium.com/no-elon-and-jack-are-not-competitors-theyre-collaborating-3e88cde5267d
No, Elon and Jack are not “competitors.” They’re collaborating.

Wherein I attempt to clarify a number of ridiculous and false narratives currently taking hold about Musk and Dorsey’s “rivalry.”

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Show threadBruce SpencerMar 28, 2023
@davetroy @ErikJonker
I tend to think of Musk as Citizen Kane, he will destroy himself in the end; unfortunately he'll ruin a lot of lives on the way.
Show threadDave Troy Mar 28, 2023
@Neidfyre @ErikJonker the difference is he's trying to ruin the systems on which we all depend also, in the name of his own preferences and fetishes.
Show threadBruce SpencerMar 28, 2023
@davetroy @ErikJonker
I agree with you Mr. Troy, but that exactly describes Citizen Kane to me, following his one preferences and fetishes. I believe Musk will send people to Mars with no worries that they will almost certainly die, just so he can say, "I sent people to Mars."
Show threadWigbert Boell 🎻🏛🎭🎤🗞🎥📚Mar 29, 2023
@davetroy @Neidfyre @ErikJonker … maybe this is the right moment to hint to the initiatives, which are somewhat campaigning for the “big #migration” -
like: #joinmastodon, @spreadmastodon, #MayStodon, @maystodon, @tchambers , etc …
Show threadExtinction (our fate)Apr 2, 2023
@Neidfyre @ErikJonker @davetroy If it's worth half of that I'd be surprised. If so, it's entirely because corporate news sites and trolls are sticking with their right wing ally Musk, and others just don't understand what they're doing.