When I worked at #ICANN years ago there were these great pictures of early networking and Internet typologies on the wall at the main office.
You could no longer get them from the publisher, so I took pictures! [1/2]:
Elon Musk is Still Silencing the Journalists he Banned from Twitter.
It looks like our accounts have been reinstated, but it's an illusion: We're actually locked out and can't post anything without deleting specific tweets the billionaire doesn't like.
This latest article embeds a Mastodon post and links to posts by @drewharwell @MattBinder @w7voa and @tony
https://theintercept.com/2022/12/20/elon-musk-twitter-banned-journalists/
Thought for today:
“When the best leader’s work is done the people say, We did it ourselves.” ~ Lao Tzu
Media people and organisations, start your own Fediverse servers! This is your chance to be in control of what you publish!
By remaining on Twitter you are helping Musk control you and your readers. You used to be in control before Twitter. The Fediverse is your chance to get back that control.
It is really cheap and easy!
Non-techy people go here:
➡️ https://growyourown.services/grow-your-own-social-network/
Techy people go here:
➡️ https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/run-your-own/
The @TexasObserver has just started its own server, for example.