Rafael Reyes IIINov 14, 2024
Electronic Frontier Foundation
“X is really teaching everyone the importance of who owns the sites that we use and rely on to communicate online,” EFF’s @falsemirror told @NBCNews. “What people are seeing with X is that it has subjectively deteriorated in value.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/x-sees-largest-user-exodus-musk-takeover-rcna179793
X sees largest user exodus since Musk takeover

Users are exploring alternatives like Bluesky and Threads.

NBC News
Nov 14, 2024 at 4:37pmWeb
Show threadRatatosk™Nov 14, 2024
@eff @falsemirror And yet @NBCNews does not have an option to share on Bluesky or Mastodon? Legacy media have been playing into Facebook and Twitter’s hands for over a decade.
Show thread☑️ CathNov 14, 2024
@eff Unlike #Bluesky and #Threads, #Mastodon does not have ONE owner. How come you are not promoting the #Fediverse ? https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/ulysses-pact/
#enshittification
@falsemirror @NBCNews
Pluralistic: Bluesky and enshittification (02 Nov 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Show thread☑️ CathNov 14, 2024

Difference between #Mastodon and Twitter #X these days:
I have over 1600 followers on Twitter, but only 20 views and no interactions on my reply to the @eff (I hardly post there anymore, only to promote the fediverse).

Here on Mastodon, with just 353 followers, already 10 boosts and 12 favorites. Thank you all.

Same: on both platforms: no reply from the

@eff
@pluralistic
@falsemirror @NBCNews

Show threadRaccoon🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈Nov 14, 2024
@Kletskous
Same: pretty much everything I post on Twitter and BlueSky either links to something on here or promotes JoinMastodon.org in general.
Show threadRory MirNov 14, 2024

@Kletskous @eff @NBCNews

Hey Catharina, I have a small [but expanding] collection of articles at EFF on the fediverse. Always excited to highlight what's being built here.

I share your concerns, and tried to give a fair read on each service here so folks can make an informed choice for themselves:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/whats-difference-between-mastodon-bluesky-and-threads

What’s the Difference Between Mastodon, Bluesky, and Threads?

The ongoing Twitter exodus sparked life into a new way of doing social media. Instead of a handful of platforms trying to control your life online, people are reclaiming control by building more open and empowering approaches to social media. Some of these you may have heard of: Mastodon, Bluesky,...

Electronic Frontier Foundation
Show thread☑️ CathNov 14, 2024
@falsemirror @eff @NBCNews So how come there is no mention of #Mastodon #Fediverse in your article? https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/x-sees-largest-user-exodus-musk-takeover-rcna179793
X sees largest user exodus since Musk takeover

Users are exploring alternatives like Bluesky and Threads.

NBC News
Show threadProto Himbo EuropeanNov 14, 2024
@Kletskous @eff @falsemirror @NBCNews Honestly, I've been surprised Doctorow isn't a major fixture across the fediverse, or running his own instance.
Show thread☑️ CathNov 14, 2024
@guyjantic @eff @falsemirror @NBCNews He is: https://mastodon.social/@pluralistic@mamot.fr
Show threadProto Himbo EuropeanNov 14, 2024

@Kletskous @eff @falsemirror @NBCNews Oh, thanks! gonna go follow.

Weirdly, I did know he was here; I've read his threads on stuff. Not sure how I briefly forgot.

Show threadBen ToddNov 14, 2024

@eff

Trying to get away from bots by moving over to a meta service... Good look with that you chumps.

@falsemirror @NBCNews

Show threadPteryx the Puzzle SecretaryNov 14, 2024

@monkeyben @eff @falsemirror @NBCNews

Yeah, it seems like the general public hasn't digested the lesson for real, just concluded that one particular platform is past the point of no return.

Show threadBen ToddNov 14, 2024

@pteryx

They are much more interested in getting likes than having actual social interaction.

@eff @falsemirror @NBCNews

Show threadoscarfalconNov 14, 2024

@eff @falsemirror @NBCNews

I left as well, it was time. Better pastures and all that...

Show threadcatdad76Nov 14, 2024
@eff @falsemirror @NBCNews nah I'm good with mastodons under a bluesky.
Show threadHi-Fi Pizza 🇨🇦 🍉Nov 14, 2024
@eff I’m one of the 115,414 who ditched their account on Nov. 6. Felt good.
Show threadnilesingallsNov 14, 2024
@eff @falsemirror @NBCNews cool, now do Tesla
Show threadRejZoRNov 14, 2024
@eff @falsemirror @NBCNews When Elon took over I basically stopped using it, especially after stupid X rebranding. Now that Elon is climbing up Trumps ass, I've decides to just delete my X account. There is no chance I'm ever returning to X.
Show threadcodebuzz 🐧Nov 14, 2024
@eff @falsemirror @NBCNews This is not X specific, it is pretty music any centralized platform, Wether the woes of Spotify, Facebook, Instagram.
We just needed time to see its value, our own value and weigh what is more important.
Many said, if its free, you are the product. That is slowly sinking in and new platforms and solutions are being discovered.
Show threadkbalNov 14, 2024
It seems like the world is trying its hardest to teach people that lesson, but almost everyone refuses to learn. So long as threads remains more popular than misskey we've gotten nowhere.
Show threadNoel KellyNov 14, 2024

@eff @falsemirror @NBCNews
@Rory29

https://ruby.social/@gnoll110/113473592895204339

Noel Kelly (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Well, the deed is done. Took my twitter account private just over two years ago... Just delete my Twitter account. July 2007 seems the lifetime ago.

Ruby.social
Show threadLuna chanNov 14, 2024
@eff I'm here and on Blue Sky.
Show threadLuna chanNov 14, 2024
@eff X has lost 80% of its stock value as well.
Show threadSalubrious SyncreticNov 15, 2024
@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] Have they learned?! Who owns threads.
Show threadEter (´= ̫=`) 💙💛Nov 15, 2024

@eff @falsemirror @NBCNews isn't it the right time to choose something without an owner?

#fediverse

Show threadferricoxideNov 15, 2024
@eff @falsemirror @NBCNews

Hopefully, it's:

• A lesson that sticks
• That people understand broadly (NYT, LA Times, WaPo, etc.)
• That enough people act on (and habitually act on going forward) that it causes behavior changes among (would be) owners