There is no benefit to anyone on the left being on twitter.
Nina Turner tweeted "Insulin should be free." some libertarians responded "Nina should pick cotton for free."
Did this obvious racism hurt them? No, they now have more followers than ever. Being over there is just being bait for these extremists to build their network.
Grotesque racist images of Nina, rather than being demoted by the algorithm are being *promoted* since the people posting them paid for blue checks.
Leave.
@futurebird What helped tip the scale for me was realizing Space Karen is not merely insensitive, he’s actively hateful to a bunch of groups.
Fortunately most of the people I know have bailed and infosec twitter seems to have moved entirely over here.
Still, I wonder whether Mastodon will gain traction beyond early-adopter types like us. Fingers crossed.
@natriumchloride @futurebird I was quite political on Birdsite but had mostly wandered away by the time Space Karen was in the picture.
At some point I realized that when I used Twitter I consistently came away angry. At that point it got a whole lot less appealing.
That said, staying off FB and Birdsite-- two of the most popular social networking sites --does limit my knowledge in some ways. I'm just not as plugged in to all the culture bits my friends are.
@natriumchloride Since Mastodon doesn’t have The Algorithm we’re all on our own to find accounts to follow which makes it a little daunting at first. Following hashtags (or simply searching on them) is a good way to cast a wider net.
Some art accounts I enjoy are @Matt, @djbaskin, @Curator, @SchlocklusterVideo, and @PixelOccult.
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