Elon’s Humongous Chest CavityApr 12, 2023
Matt Stine

Nobody has to be on Twitter. Fuck that.

But my business!

No. What you’re telling me is that you have no risk management plan. That your business plan (or lack thereof) has a single point of failure.

So you don’t have to be on Twitter.

You played Capitalism poorly, and you landed on Chance, and you drew “Go Directly to Elon Jail.”

This is a shitty fucking game. I want it to die in a fire.

But please fucking admit YOUR choices are why you are on Twitter. It’s not beyond your control.

Apr 12, 2023 at 3:17amWeb
Show thread[email protected]Apr 12, 2023
@mstine I’ve been hoping mastodon could fill the void, but I don’t think it does. I’m not seeing a realistic void filler
Show thread[email protected]Apr 12, 2023
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Show threadMatt StineApr 12, 2023
@pkellner if there’s a void in your life that you NEED present day Twitter to fill, I’m honestly a bit concerned for you.
Show thread[email protected]Apr 12, 2023
@mstine I was hoping for a constructive conversation.
Show threadMatt StineApr 12, 2023
@pkellner how is “honest concern” not constructive?
Show thread[email protected]Apr 12, 2023
@mstine I took your comment, maybe wrongly, as sarcastic and that you really were not concerned about me. I stayed off of twitter for about a month after the takeover. The specific tech community I'm in stayed there. I have no other realistic way to reach them outside of twitter and it is significantly hurting my business to stay away. I've stopped my complete boycott, but am very unhappy about it. I realize I don't have to contribute to twitter, but for me the cost is too high right now.
Show threadRickApr 12, 2023
@mstine How many businesses have Google as a single point of failure? My friend works for a non profit whose founder suddenly died. Getting control of the Google account has been an ordeal, because google has virtually no customer service.
Show threadMatt StineApr 12, 2023
@JetForMe probably far too many. This one is pretty scary actually. I’ve heard a lot of stories. If I were a small business, I wouldn’t have my data anywhere near Google. Even without the death of a primary account holder, stuff can get locked up with little to no recourse.
Show threadRickApr 12, 2023
@mstine Yup. I generally avoid what I call “Swiss army knife” solutions. Like Google or 365 or Firebase or Alamofire.
Show threadRickApr 13, 2023
@mstine What’s worse about my friend’s non-profit is that the founder put a bunch (but not all) of the non-profit's stuff under his personal Google account, making even the court order difficult to enforce (it was for the np, not his personal stuff).
Show threadRickApr 13, 2023
@mstine So not only services can be a single point of failure, but so can people.
Show threadCenbeApr 12, 2023
@mstine Also, please stop inflicting y'alls T*****r justifications on Mastodon users -- we don't care!
Show threadMartin Du4Apr 12, 2023
@mstine I think that is the same path as being the #1 product on ProductHunt as your sole and complete marketing strategy.
Show threadHaituga☕ | KaffeekaiserApr 14, 2023
@mstine I agree. I still am on Twitter. Mostly to keep up with friends and online contacts, but I had used Twitter, more Tweetdeck for low-end SEO purposes and certain direction of news which I would honestly miss. Currently working not to be that depended on that to distance myself more and more from this dumbster fire that is Elon Musks Twitter.