Mastodon MigrationSep 26, 2023

Anybody else feeling it? Mastodon becoming essential...?

Mastodon is tiny, yet are we now seeing the vital niche that this nascent open social media platform is beginning to fill?

Today the AoIR, Association of Internet Researchers @AoIR abandons Twitter for Mastodon (https://aoir.org/aoir2023onmastodon/), and EU Commission Vice President Vera Jourova declares Twitter the largest source of #misinformation and #disinformation (https://mastodon.ie/@EugeneMcParland/111132449403615794)...

People are turning to Mastodon...

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Show threadMastodon MigrationSep 26, 2023

@indivisibleteam on Joe Biden joining the UAW picket line >>> https://mastodon.social/@indivisibleteam/111132629507081743

@evacide on Signal's CEO describing AI as "surveillance technology" >>> https://hachyderm.io/@evacide/111132630164215419

@StevenBeschloss pulling no punches, "Trump is getting worse, more dangerous, more bent on inciting violence... The media must stop pretending this is in any way a normal presidential horse race. >>> https://mastodon.online/@StevenBeschlo[email protected]/111131927445832637

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evacide (@[email protected])

Sit back and enjoy @[email protected] being right about things: https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/25/signals-meredith-whittaker-ai-is-fundamentally-a-surveillance-technology/

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Show threadMastodon MigrationSep 26, 2023

@arstechnica on the FCC restoration of net neutrality >>> https://mastodon.online/@arstechnica@mastodon.social/111132956788769043

@TonyStark highlighting Biden's $1.4 billion to improve rail safety >>> https://progressivecafe.social/@TonyStark/111132353901397804

...and the list goes on. With the MSM hopelessly mired in both-sides framing and Twitter/X now a bastion for angry fascistic rants and abuse, Mastodon seems to be quietly gaining traction as a reliable source.

Does something feel different to you lately?

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Ars Technica (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image FCC details plan to restore the net neutrality rules repealed by Ajit Pai Democrats finally have 3-2 majority needed to regulate ISPs as common carriers. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/09/fcc-details-plan-to-restore-the-net-neutrality-rules-repealed-by-ajit-pai/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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Show threadAleggraSep 26, 2023

@mastodonmigration @arstechnica @TonyStark

Mastodon is the ‘thinking-persons’ choice’ in Social Media.

X Twitter is the media site for all of ‘The Great Unwashed’ or The Rabble’ which used to be fun at times but is now becoming a danger to democracy.

Show threadMike Cohen
@Aleggra @mastodonmigration @arstechnica @TonyStark I think Bluesky will be the eventual winner. It already feels like the “old” twitter and has more “regular” people put off by some of Mastodon’s rough edges.
Sep 27, 2023 at 2:39amWeb
Show threadGeorge Liquor, AmericanSep 27, 2023
@mikec415 @Aleggra @mastodonmigration @arstechnica @TonyStark But how does that work when there's nobody there for the trolls to troll !