Vinay AravindThe absolute shitshow going down at birdsite is fascinating to witness. I still need to remind myself that the average person who's not very online still thinks of Musk as a cool guy who makes cars and rockets and doesn't know that he's an apartheid emerald-mine scion who's a racist, white supremacist transphobe but also astonishingly stupid, petty and evil. Maybe once twitter completely collapses the image will change.
Pauline von HellermannThis plays out with a lot of regional variation. #NigerianTwitter, for example, is huge - not just because many people in #Nigeria adore Musk (they do - huge Musk fanclub there, sadly) but also because it plays a key for connection and political mobilisation, eg the #ObiDient movement. Plus many great conversations etc. i miss it all a lot #NigerianFediverse still tiny
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