Dear journalists,

You may be new here, but you'll find you have far more in common with us than you do with the billionaire oligarchs who dominate other social media networks.

This is a space of community and conversation, not soapboxes and megaphones. It may take a little adjustment, but pull up a chair. Make some connections. Enjoy a more human, less algorithmic corner of the internet.

Heeey so how’s everyone doing? Having a real one tonight?

*hands out blankets, popcorn, and beverages of choice*

For no particular reason I will also share this guide I wrote for #Twitter expats getting started on #Mastodon 👀

https://medium.com/@erinfulmerwrites/navigating-mastodon-a-user-guide-for-newbies-dbd453782b4e

Remember folks, be kind to your neighbors, mods, and instance admins but no quarter for fascists.

May the servers be robust 🙏 🖖

Today, Twitter suspended It's Going Down (@igd_news), a longtime anarchist and anti-fascist news source that had never previously run afoul of the Twitter rules. At the time of their suspension, they had 108,000 followers.

Elon Musk was lying through his teeth when he said he believes in free speech. He bought Twitter in order to suppress the voices of those who seek an egalitarian society. Since taking over the platform, he has reinstated avowed neo-Nazis and taken guidance from those who explicitly support fascism as he targets journalists and activists.

More background:

https://crimethinc.com/TwitterCanary

You can follow IGD on Mastodon here:

https://kolektiva.social/@igd_news

Timeline of a new Mastodon user:

Day 1: this sucks servers are confusing and why is my feed empty

Day 2: why is there no quote tweet this is dumb

Day 3: mastodon better make some changes if it wants to compete with tw_tter

Day 7: hm, people are really nice here

Day 10: loving the no ads and real conversations

Day 15: THE WORKERS MUST SEIZE THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION AND EXECUTE CAPITALISTS  

#TwitterMigration