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The Twitter debacle shows it is not civil society and government that need tech leadership; it is technology that needs to retrieve the mechanisms of civil society and collective governance.
No paywall link: https://rushkoff.medium.com/if-i-were-ceo-of-twitter-a0520c1e8167?sk=eeb59c884c7ab9196c77dc1cf014b4a8
‘By saying that numerous, completely benign Mastodon servers are harmful, they make it more difficult to tell when there's an actual threat. It's a betrayal of the very simple idea that you should only tell people something is dangerous when it's actually dangerous.’ —@maxeddy for PC Magazine
Something to think about.
https://www.pcmag.com/opinions/elons-mastodon-vendetta-makes-us-all-less-safe
Fun fact: Elon Musk has access to contact information, geolocation data, device IDs, direct messages, and browsing history (including all the fun Incognito Mode stuff) for possibly you, your family, your friends, CEOs, celebrities, and politicians!
Let that sink in.
Looks like the new user rate is slowing down somewhat, but still elevated.
For the last couple hours Mastodon added around 2000 users per hour. The surge peaked at 78K users in one 24 hour period.
While there have been a few slowdowns, Mastodon has handled this surge well. The volume was not as high as before, there are many more servers now, and instance administration is more experience and are better prepared.
Great job everyone and welcome to all the #NewUsers.
#twittermigration
So I understand that the bird site has started blocking links to common/known Mastodon instances, and that doesn't seem like free speech to me. So... I did a thing.
If you go to https://spacekaren.sucks it is now a URL shortener that blocks the twitter user agent. That means you can share that link that will redirect to your Mastodon account without the pouty baby stopping you. If you find this helpful can you boost so others can find it? #TwitterMigration #Mastodon #Musk #introduction
Free speech really should be free. To bypass the new censorship regime at twitter, use this URL shortener to link to Mastodon or other censored destinations. Considering recent policy decisions on twitter, please be aware that use of links generated from this site may constitute a violation of their policy.
I spent five years in media arguing that the privatisation of digital infrastructure was a freedom of the press issue that needed to be tackled head-on. Too often, people squinted as if I were some kind of weird activist.
Today, reporters are being censored on a major channel. #twitterpurge
Might we stop sleepwalking through this now?
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