When this is over, we're going to owe Musk a debt of gratitude for demonstrating not just the folly of relying on sociopath billionaires to give us places to speak and collaborate.

He's demonstrated the danger inherent in all centralized services where one person or company can control what we say and do.

@dangillmor The word Musk hasn't had such a strong connotation of sickening stench about it since the popularity of Jōvan Musk perfume and cologne in the 1970s.
@femme_mal @dangillmor mastodon should allow to ban posts based on a word, I find it crazy that after you switch to mastodon you end up reading more about him than elsewhere
@Suoko Mastodon's Filters are your friend. Go to Preferences under your Profile and add a filter to block content mentioning him or the bird app or whatever. I have a dozen filters set up blocking all kinds of stuff, especially that orange golf cheat.