Nonya Bidniss šŸ„„šŸŒ“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
Iā€™m surprised that happened.
Show threadNonya Bidniss šŸ„„šŸŒ“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. šŸ‘Ž
Show threadBob Davidson
@Nonya_Bidniss
It's too bad. Some used to worry about the mil-civil divide, but this won't help. A better solution would have been to set up some trusted Mastodon servers run by known folks. It won't surprise me if Jester turns out to be some stolen valor poser.
Aug 21, 2023 at 2:28pmWeb
Show threadNonya Bidniss šŸ„„šŸŒ“Aug 21, 2023
@wa7iut My understanding is he was, at least 10 years ago or so, in the USAF at a low level. I can't verify that. But he was just some average bonehead.
Show threadBob DavidsonAug 21, 2023

@Nonya_Bidniss

while there are good reasons be anonymous online, it seems really risky to sign up for a service you give your data to where the management is anonymous.

"You ought to have some papers to show who
you are." The police officer advised me.
"I do not need any paper. I know who I
am," I said.

"Maybe so. Other people are also
interested in knowing who you are."

--B. Traven, The Death Ship

Show threadNonya Bidniss šŸ„„šŸŒ“Aug 21, 2023
@wa7iut Yeah, good point, if I recall he was requiring some sort of verification back when he started it but I don't know if that continued.
Show threadBob DavidsonAug 21, 2023
@Nonya_Bidniss I saw that Elon was going to require you send a picture of yourself and a picture of your government ID to keep your X login. šŸ˜± šŸ˜‚
Show threadNonya Bidniss šŸ„„šŸŒ“Aug 22, 2023
@wa7iut Yup. It seems it's just for the paying idiots at first. But why stop there? Facebook pulled that trick on everybody and sort of randomly when it started verification.