ScalziJul 24, 2023

On Whatever I'm talking about the name change of Twitter to X, what it means to me and others, and why I'm going to be on that site much less from now on.

(Also it means Mastodon will be a beneficiary, as probably a lot of things that would previously had been tweets will now become toots. Although I will have to remember to put a hashtag on the political stuff, I sometimes forget that)

https://whatever.scalzi.com/2023/07/24/preparing-my-x-it/

Preparing My X-it

Overnight, not unlike an NFL owner silently absconding with a whole football team to move it to a new town, Elon Musk decided to change the name of Twitter to “X,” which, for those of y…

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Show threadRandy Slavey
@scalzi I'm interested in your thoughts on the ethical aspects of remaining with a shitty app, even in limited form. I'm not in a position where my career depends on remaining in the public eye, so I can't judge creatives too harshly for staying with X or Meta. That said, at what point is the value they provide specifically to you offset by their negative effect on society in general? Do you ever think to yourself, "Maybe this dumpster fire would burn out quicker if I stopped feeding it."
Jul 24, 2023 at 6:59pmWeb
Show threadÆnðr E. FeldstrawJul 25, 2023
@randyslavey @scalzi Yep. That's why I pulled out early, too. My company found no benefit from remaining on that platform. That made it easy to switch.