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Stefan Ferreira 🏳️‍🌈Apr 30, 2023

I’m not looking to replace Twitter.

I don’t miss the crowded digital “town square” dominated by shouting egomaniacs & snake oil salesmen.

Sure, this place isn’t perfect. We must keep working to make it more welcoming & accessible for a wider range of people.

It also feels slower & less populated. But for me that’s the point. I get to have proper conversations here, and I learn things.

And no-one is cynically exploiting my attention for their own profit.

#Fediverse #SocialMedia #BlueSky

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Carol Yeomanson Apr 30, 2023

@stefanf28
Twitter for me is nothing but a place full of hatred. Yesterday someone referred to me openly as a bottom sucker? Whatever that is and accused my son, openly of posing as an Editor and taking peoples money falsely. My son is a qualified and a professional Editor and works for me and me alone. I reported this person to Twitter for abuse. Nothing has been done. That's one of the reasons I am here.

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Stefan Ferreira 🏳️‍🌈

@Amelia1
I’m sorry to hear that you had to experience that.

The way Twitter exploits user’s rage to signal boost hatred is a feature, not a bug - and that’s why proper moderation and safety features have never been a priority. And it’s why I don’t miss it either.

It did sometimes play an important role in building movements and exposing injustice, and I hope over time we can find ways to re-establish that elsewhere.