Roxi Horror 💀🌸"I hope Twitter implodes!" I don't. I hope someone else takes over & the site returns to how it was before. I have spent years of my life posting over there. It's like losing a close friend that introduced me to all of my other friends. It sucks & I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm sad about that.
Disciple of Diogenes@roxiqt this whole situation is making me re-evaluate how I view online communities on social media platforms. How can we build communities when the platform is run into the ground, an account can be banned for anything Musk doesn't like, and there's all the bigotry/hatred to contend with on top? One insanely rich man essentially destroyed a multitude of communities/networks on Twitter, for no legitimate reason. Goes to show how fragile our online lives are when they're held by billionaires.
B. A. Balackus@BigAngBlack @roxiqt I don't quite agree. Self-organized, real life communities aren't controlled by the people who own SM platforms, or anyone else generally speaking. But when a community is formed and based solely on/in a SM platform, it is completely vulnerable to the will of the owner of that platform.
My camera shoots fascists@splendor_solis @BigAngBlack @roxiqt
Offline, the phenomenon is comparable to a single-factory town that has been there for multiple generations that gets taken over by a hedge fund who loots the company and closes the factory. Or runs it into the ground through attempts to cut costs for short term profit. The community everyone built is tossed off like trash.
Online or offline, billionaires are not compatible with any sort of democratic or free society.
Good example, seems to me that billionaires aren't just incompatible with democracy/freedom, but also with community.