TaggartMay 13, 2023

Any organization that calls itself a bastion of free speech and then immediately accedes to government censorship requests is lying to you about what it really is.

And you gotta ask yourself what you're doing if you continue to use the platform. And pay for it?? Come onnnn

Show threadJames Kyrianov FabriciusMay 13, 2023
@mttaggart there is no way m'elon does not destroy and then sell the blue bird for parts. It's inevitable.
Show threadTaggartMay 13, 2023
@fabricius I really, profoundly do not think that anything of the sort is inevitable, and a big reason is that so many users don't give a rip about politics, but do want an easy and centralized social media option.
Show threadJames Kyrianov Fabricius

@mttaggart I'm not so sure. In Norway we had several issues with 'far-right' voices being amplified to people who wanted nothing to do with them. In addition you're seeing services using the API to relay service information pulling out all over the place.

Coupled with the brain drain and simple outages, I see few ways for twitters chance of survival.

I'm sure you're right about people's need for centralized social media, but I'm hopeful the future will be non-twitter and non-meta based.

May 13, 2023 at 9:13pmWeb
Show threadTaggartMay 13, 2023

@fabricius If major celebrities and media outlets actually ditch it, then I'll be more optimistic. Until then I'm afraid we remain at the mercy of the network effect.

Unless, y'know, the data center rent isn't paid or something.

Show threadJames Kyrianov FabriciusMay 13, 2023
@mttaggart we will see! Thanks for your thoughts! Sweeden won eurovision and the Norwegians are going promtly to bed.