Eric Sheldon

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To address extreme levels of data scraping & system manipulation, we're now working on getting our users to move over to Mastodon and other competing social media platforms.

Our end goal is to have zero traffic on our servers.

Please be patient while we are DDoSing our servers.

#Twitter #ElonMusk

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“Mastodon has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of Twitter’s ongoing meltdown, and since I started seriously using it late last year, it’s won me over.” https://www.theverge.com/23673125/mastodon-separate-tags-hashtag-navigation-accessibility
Hashtags are everything on Mastodon — why not give them a home?

Mastodon is a helpful alternative to Twitter, but its reliance on in-post hashtags is inconvenient compared to blogging platforms like Tumblr.

The Verge
Just saw a Craigslist posting: “Blue checkmark (free), not used in recent months but worked well before October.”

GUILTY: Six people affiliated with the #OathKeepers, a far-right militia, were convicted Monday of various charges related to the J#an6, 2021, US Capitol insurrection.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/20/politics/oath-keepers-proud-boys

REAL House Act from Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR3), Equal Voice Act from Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL6) would each increase number of House of Representatives members, from 435 to either 573 or 585. https://govtrackinsider.com/real-house-act-equal-voice-act-would-each-increase-number-of-house-of-representatives-members-29efee4f5a9f
REAL House Act, Equal Voice Act would each increase number of House of Representatives members, from 435 to either 573 or 585

Contrary to the Steve Martin and Queen Latifah film title, this legislation would be bringing up the House. The whole point of a bicameral Congress, featuring both the Senate and the House of…

GovTrack Insider
I am truly sorry that your timeline isn’t filled up with John Mastodon posts. Meeting with the engineers now.

Well, that's new: The Trump White House asked Twitter to remove a Chrissy Teigen tweet calling Trump a "pussy ass bitch." Twitter allowed it under its 'insults' policy, which allows three insults per tweet. It now has 100,000 retweets and 680,000 ‘likes.’

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/02/08/live-updates-hunter-biden-laptop-censorship-hearing/#link-GUPLYJU3KVD6JI6ZIPF565QRWM

At combative hearing, GOP fans allegations of collusion by government, Big Tech

A House Oversight hearing shows Elon Musk's Twitter working with the GOP to embarrass its previous leadership--and the president.

The Washington Post

Today marks 3 months on #Mastodon. The most delightful aspect for me is our high community engagement.

On #Twitter I suspect my posts got buried. A journalist reached out last Fall to ask why I was shadow banned & I had to search what that meant.

This place isn’t set up as a race for RTs & likes & posts aren’t typically composed to spark outrage. It feels like an ongoing conversation & I’m even getting to know some interesting new folks.

At least, that’s been my experience. I like it here.

The Onion never misses