mykola 🙃🌎🤘Nov 15, 2017

Working on a medium post called "It's Time: Why and How to Quit Twitter and Join Mastodon"

If there are any particularly strong sentiments you have that you think should be included in this piece, gimme a shout. Bulk of writing tonight, publish tomorrow.

Show threadStéphane BortzmeyerNov 16, 2017
@mykola I'm not sure it is OK to frame them as alternatives ("either you use Twitter or you use Mastodon"). They are different. Uses cases like technological/event watch are not well supported in Mastodon (lack of search function) and Twitter is still the best for that. Also, because of banning/blocking, Mastodon does not guarantee that user A can see user B. So, the two systems have different strengths and weaknesses, I use both of them.
Show threadmykola 🙃🌎🤘Nov 16, 2017

@bortzmeyer I'm less concerned with presenting a false dichotomy. My thrust is (1) Twitter is increasingly and obviously run by white supremacists, and (2) there IS a viable alternative, mastodon, and here are some reasons why it's actually better.

I realize it's not 1:1, that they're different tools, etc. But this case can still be made, I think.

Show threadStéphane Bortzmeyer
@mykola "Twitter is increasingly and obviously run by white supremacists" OK, after such paranoid delusion, I have nothing to add.
Nov 17, 2017 at 12:24amWeb
Show threadmykola 🙃🌎🤘Nov 17, 2017
And yet here you are messaging me! Weird! @bortzmeyer