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 As everyone here has already pointed out, yes, the _public_ square must be _public_. Nothing else will work long term. Twitter didn't even last one generation.
Some of us have been jumping up and down and pointing at this since the 1990s, when the government-funded internet was handed over wholesale to profit-seekers.
People everywhere still struggle to create wonder and fun in the ever-fewer loopholes left by those who try to turn everything into money.
Dan Gillmor
quixote