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.

@davetroy A perverse effect of this may actually be to drive people away from the algorithm-driven "For You" and to "Following" -- presuming #Elon the Terrible leaves that intact.