welcome, new Mastodoners. Some (serious) advice:
1. Include an image and a bio. I'm not inclined to follow you back if you don't.
2. If you follow me, I don't feel obligated to follow you back. If I follow you, you don't have to follow me back. It's not a high-school cafeteria social scene. Personally, I'm trying to keep my follow list manageable.
3. Try to spend a month Mastodoning before sharing all your great ideas about things that should change to make it more like the bird site.
Elon is trying to say what I’m posting isn’t public information.
ADS-B and ACARS are all over public frequency and are acquired by organizations like ADSBExchange.
This is like saying AM or FM signals aren’t public and that reciciving a frequency is private.
Aviation enthusiasts have been reciciving this information over the air for atleast a decade now. Even companies like FlightAware and FlightRadar24 rely on hobbyists to receive this data.
Clearly a link to a Mastodon account is not an instance of
+ malicious links that could steal personal information or harm electronic devices
+ spammy links that mislead people or disrupt their experience
+ violent or misleading content that could lead to real-world harm
That leaves
+ certain categories of content that, if posted directly on Twitter, are a violation of the Twitter Rules
But which of the rules is beig violated? I can't figure that out for the life of me.
@theintercept @micahflee Corrupt as they come.
Dr. Simone Gold, a convicted U.S. Capitol insurrectionist and ringleader of a network of right-wing health-care providers that have made millions selling so-called alternatives to vaccines, has offered to help Elon Musk assemble a team of doctors to fact-check medical information on Twitter.
More from @micahflee https://theintercept.com/2022/12/15/elon-musk-twitter-covid-vaccine-simone-gold/
RT @juliareinstein@twitter.com
this is a real menorah currently being sold at Target……….I am WHEEZING
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/juliareinstein/status/1603397626405261314
RT @nickmartin@twitter.com
SHORT THREAD: Neo-Nazis today doxed journalist Hilary Sargent, including posting where they think she lives, the name of her young son and more. They claim she runs some anonymous Twitter account. I can say unequivocally they're wrong. (1/4)
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/nickmartin/status/1603577639662342144
@SwiftOnSecurity astronomy too, omg. You can feel guilty for not spending many thousands on just a telescope.
Oh this man has gone full digital authoritarian
RT @oneunderscore__@twitter.com
Journalists who cover Elon Musk have been suspended on Twitter tonight: @Donie@twitter.com O'Sullivan from CNN, Aaron Rupar and the Washington Post's @drewharwell@twitter.com.
Rupar tells me he has "no idea" why it happened.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1603551884748460034
Self-proclaimed free speech champ #ElonMusk is now banning the #Twitter accounts of the journalists who covered him. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/elon-musk-twitter-journalists-banned-1234648351/
Mostly reclusive and carrying slightly damaged goods. A survivor by some accounts. Definitely in need of much therapy. ;)
Staunchly anti-fascist
Bear in mind that, while I may "like" your "toot", about a person, event or particular topic, if it links to the "bird-site" I will no longer boost and inadvertently contribute to their grift. Everyone has a choice and a part to play when crimes go unpunished.
"We are dreamers, shapers, singers, and makers".
-Elric