Nonya Bidniss 🥥🌴Aug 21, 2023
I'm disgusted with this article listing Jester's walled garden Mastodon server as the top alternative to twitter. For crying out loud. And it makes me mad that my #miltwitter community mostly got hornswoggled by the Jester when they were looking to move from twitter and now I have lost that community because it's walled itself off. My former mutuals didn't understand it either. I tried to explain to no avail. https://www.androidpolice.com/best-twitter-alternatives/#counter-social
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Show threadBob DavidsonAug 21, 2023
@Nonya_Bidniss
I’m surprised that happened.
Show threadNonya Bidniss 🥥🌴Aug 21, 2023
@wa7iut People I knew who were signing up for CS had no idea what Mastodon was and had never been on it. They didn't realize that what Jester was selling was a Mastodon instance that would wall them off. When it came to Mastodon, they felt it was too confusing to pick a server. They just felt it was confusing overall. Basically they hired Jester to be their babysitter. 👎
Show threadJenmonkey🪴🧹🪞🕯️🔮🌿
@Nonya_Bidniss @wa7iut I didn't realize that either. I signed up briefly when a few of the MilTwitter folks insisted he wasn't going to be a big part of the discourse but the level of deity worship around there was giving me such creepy cult vibes I left. Now that I'm on Masto that makes sense. Wow.
Aug 21, 2023 at 2:26pmWeb
Show threadNonya Bidniss 🥥🌴Aug 21, 2023
@SaruNinjaDesu @wa7iut Yep. Serious cult vibe and how anyone can miss the fact that Jester is a colossal asshole really mystifies me. He's his own biggest cult follower.
Show threadJenmonkey🪴🧹🪞🕯️🔮🌿Aug 21, 2023
@Nonya_Bidniss @wa7iut I know military people tend to have a big follower mentality, but their ability to forget the awful things people have done when it becomes cool to be associated with them again just boggles my mind. I'm surprised they haven't enshrined his precious laptop at the Spy Museum by now. 😆 I've lost most of the friends I had from that community by now cause their follower count and engagement on X mean more to them than doing the right thing. It makes me sad.
Show threadNonya Bidniss 🥥🌴Aug 21, 2023
@SaruNinjaDesu @wa7iut Yeah, at this point I really have lost respect for people who are fine with still being there (either place, I guess!) But most respect lost for those on twitter ignoring what's been happening...I moved for principle last year and lost engagement with hundreds of mutuals. Oh well, principle is worth it.
Show threadJenmonkey🪴🧹🪞🕯️🔮🌿Aug 21, 2023
@Nonya_Bidniss @wa7iut Amen!