Aral BalkanMay 24, 2023

Elon Musk is launching the presidential campaign of Ron DeSantis, the man working to make The Handmaid’s Tale a reality in the US.

At least the Germans had guns to their heads if they opposed the Nazis. What exactly is your excuse for continuing to support this man and his social network?

https://www.inkl.com/a/XYJygRUYwaY

#ElonMusk #RonDeSantis #Twitter #fascists #fascism

With DeSantis campaign event, Musk seeks to shore up a sinking Twitter

The social network has floundered since the tech billionaire took over – political live streams may give the platform relevance

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Show threadKaiyalai

@aral I don’t know if you count ‘supporting’ as paying for Blue (which, ick, no) or just using the hellsite.

I still use it because I have community there. Trans community. Furry community. Neurodivergent community. Personal relationship community.
I cannot make them all move, less so move to the same new home, and cannot bring myself to abandon them.

May 24, 2023 at 5:01pmWeb
Show threadAsbjørn UlsbergMay 26, 2023
@Kaiyalai @aral Are you able to dissect the thought process that keeps your communities from moving somewhere else? How far does it have to go before they move, you think? Are they even talking about it?
Show threadKaiyalaiMay 26, 2023

@bitbear @aral not really, too many communities and too many individuals for me to effectively do that without devoting more time to it than I can spare.

Different people have other pulling them in different directions. Here. BlueSky. Cohost. Tumblr. Discord - beyond that, specific discord servers.

None of these is a single destination, and thus many are kept in place by too many choices, but debating who they are willing to leave behind.

Show threadKaiyalaiMay 26, 2023
@bitbear @aral and yeah, some aren’t even talking about it, though I imagine even they must be thinking about it, perhaps waiting to see where the majority of their cohort leaps to, if anywhere.