Dan GillmorSep 2, 2023

A person I otherwise deeply respect has remained (very) active on the deadbird site, and is even paying for it, because (the person says) it fulfills a professional need that can't be met elsewhere.

My friend calls it "a deal with the devil." On that, we agree.

I have my share of hypocrisies, and try to manage them carefully. Sticking with a site run by an enemy of journalism and democracy was just too much to stomach.

Journalists should leave. Period.

Show threadJoe ❌👑
@dangillmor Might want to ask what Musk would need to do to make them leave.
Sep 2, 2023 at 2:11amWeb
Show threadJoe ❌👑Sep 2, 2023
@dangillmor Or if your friend would avoid saying negative things about Musk if this were the price to stay on the site.
Show threadKid ManiaSep 2, 2023

@not2b @dangillmor

'Cos it more or less actually is...

(I was suspended for tagging Corporate sites with white nationalist accounts and the words "YOUR AD HERE" )

Show threadGreg SpradlinSep 2, 2023
@not2b @dangillmor Shoot someone on 5th Avenue?
Show threadnobletroutSep 2, 2023
@not2b @dangillmor dudes an asshole it’s enough to leave
Show threadthe hatterSep 2, 2023
@not2b @dangillmor I'd guess musk would have to make it not a massively successful, popular platform. Or someone else would have to create something with equivalent reach. But (despite the echo chambers we inhabit) neither is anywhere near happening.
Show threadGabriele PollaraSep 2, 2023
@not2b @dangillmor i wonder this too. It's an intersting question, with no right answer, but curious where people's thresholds are.