Fuck Trump, Deathsantis and Elon Musk.
I don't think journalists (in general) -- and certainly not the organizations they work for -- fully understand the threat Musk represents to the future of free expression and journalism itself.
Begging him to reinstate the banned accounts is pure folly. It is bended-knee supplication to a sociopath who now controls a powerful media company. But the power of his company depends in no small degree on keeping journalists there.
Leave. Now.
Taylor Lorenzās last tweet before Musk banned her account.
Hey y'all: Given Twitterās turbulence we want to build our platform here on Mastodon to make sure we can continue our conversations on a public social media platform.
Can you please BOOST this post and FOLLOW our account and encourage your followers to do the same? Thank you.
Ritchie
I know "Mastodon isn't #BirdSite, it's its own thing" but that doesn't mean these are bad features to have; they shouldn't be rejected outright *just* because TW has them already. The good ideas should be incorporated (if feasible), the bad ones shouldn't be.
Oh, also: Anyone know why the search bar is on the top *left* of the browser interface instead of on the right side with everything else? Or why it disappears entirely on a too-narrow browser window? Can that be changed in prefs?
My last two Washington Post stories on Elon Musk before Twitter suspended me and other journalists discussed his flirtation with QAnon and the public data about his private jet:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/14/qanon-musk-revival-twitter/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/14/elonjet-twitter-suspension-jack-sweeney-talks/