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Erin Conroy Jul 3, 2023

You should stay away from #Bluesky, not actively help Jack Dorsey make his next billion & build his power as an owner of another social media empire.

Dorsey helped fund Musk's takeover to the tune of $1 billion, making him one of Musk's top backers (after Qatar).

He owns part of Twitter.

He & Musk planned Musk's takeover at Twitter. They are collaborators, not competitors.

https://progressives.social/@chargrille/110286207887749108

>Edit to add Dave Troy's piece https://davetroy.medium.com/no-elon-and-jack-are-not-competitors-theyre-collaborating-3e88cde5267d

Erin Conroy (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Dorsey will be happy with one arm of #Bluesky being used by his advisor Ali Alexander to plan the next armed Proud Boys/GOP attack on the Capitol building - and the other arm being used by you to fruitlessly bemoan SCOTUS corruption & the New Jim Crow voting restrictions, & what he & Musk undoubtedly delight, behind closed doors, in referring to as "woke nonsense." The $ & power asymmetry makes this work for the GOP. No content moderation means no pesky Congressional hearings for him & Musk.

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Ricardo Harvin Jul 3, 2023

@chargrille Bluesky is Dorsey is Twitter is Musk is a fascist platform.

I hope people learn this and stop supporting it.

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Erin Conroy

@ricardoharvin

100%. It's a self-defeating move if you want American democracy to survive. It's a serious mistake and it seems like people are engaging there out of very short term motivations.

@davetroy on here had a good piece some time ago on this subject. https://davetroy.medium.com/no-elon-and-jack-are-not-competitors-theyre-collaborating-3e88cde5267d

No, Elon and Jack are not “competitors.” They’re collaborating.

Wherein I attempt to clarify a number of ridiculous and false narratives currently taking hold about Musk and Dorsey’s “rivalry.”

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Erin Conroy Jul 3, 2023

@ricardoharvin @davetroy

The other thing I've been trying to focus attention on, is that Jack's "solution" to abusers in social media - "algorithmic choice" - is intentionally anti-social & inherently biased towards increasing hate speech &stochastic terrorism.

Mastodon's model "shifts moderation to the source, rather than the destination" creating accountability. See https://escapingtech.com/tech/opinions/i-was-wrong-about-mastodon-moderation.html

And the reason Jack re-wrote an analog for ActivityPub protocol was so he could capture the audience.

I Was Wrong About Mastodon – EscapingTech

I said that Mastodon moderation wouldn't scale, it does. The cultural differences will likely continue to maintain a friendlier atmosphere regardless of size.