emptywheelIt'd be useful for someone to put together a checklist for journalists to prepare for the inevitable banning: download archive, delete DMs and phone number, update Masto follows... What else? @dangillmor
RavenDragon
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Just a normal person, tired of all the crazy.
Dan GillmorI 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.
Steven BeschlossI'm old enough to remember that respecting and defending the Constitution was the most basic expectation of every citizen, let alone someone running for president. Even after everything we've been through, the idea that Republicans will stick with a man who flagrantly demands the Constitution be discarded to install him into office: Infuriating.
@akaBeth10 @Dahlialith
A lot of people that I follow are still on the bird site. Folks that fight for what is right and legal. If nothing else, to boost those that contradict, the lies, misinformation, and take a stand.
A lot of people that I follow are still on the bird site. Folks that fight for what is right and legal. If nothing else, to boost those that contradict, the lies, misinformation, and take a stand.
@Dahlialith I'm going to stay there, just to fight. Blocking lots of bad accounts daily.
Note: Teri Kanefield moved servers On Here. She's now at @Teri_Kanefield. She lost some followers, so if you, like me, appreciate her sane and nuanced coverage of US legal developments make sure you're still following her.
Sherrilyn IfillRemember this when pundits and the Republicans say, “but turnout was high. How can you say there was voter suppression.” Georgia’s SB 202 is a accomplishing its goals - making it harder for Black voters, disabled voters and students to vote. Just b/c voters are determined to overcome these obstacles doesn’t change the intention of the law. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/01/us/politics/georgia-voting-election-law-midterms.html
Chris Trottier😮
Mastodon will break 8 million users by tomorrow!
7,925,283 accounts are active.
>2,000 new accounts are being made every hour.
That's 1 million new accounts being made since a week and a half ago.
@nprandchill This is probably just the opposite. I read it as you can’t act out on the site, just because you have a lot of money. Such as is happening on the bird site right now. No one should get special treatment just because they are rich.
Eventually, rage burns out and decent people can get back to the work of trying to make things better.