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@Pat @freemo Here's what I do:

1. I wear a mask and practice social distancing whenever I go out in public during a surge or other high-COVID time, or if I am sick or possibly exposed with *anything*.

2. If someone is immunocompromised, elderly, or otherwise vulnerable, or if they request so, I will try to not meet with them in person, but over some remote means like Zoom or Discord or whatever. If that is somehow not possible, I will wear a mask and practice social distancing.

3. I get whatever boosters are recommended as soon as they are available.

4. With regards to other people: there is so much misinformation and disinformation by antivaxxers and antimaskers that I try to withhold my anger at people who have fallen for that stuff. The exception of course is healthcare professionals, who have no excuse at all not to know better, and the people willfully promoting it (Del Bigtree, Natural News, Andrew Wakefield, etc. etc.)

@gigatexal Got it! Thanks for confirming what it was!
Apparently this isn't the first time they've said something stupid and had someone comment on it on Mastodon.

@dazfuller @gigatexal I get the impression they are *heavy* Apple fans, which is often not a good sign.

@dazfuller @gigatexal That's the result I found. Unfortunately, their site doesn't appear to be working on my end.

@radehi I'm still expecting a failwhale --- or more likely an error page --- before the end of the year.
I also just don't see Twitter becoming the Muskian version of WeChat that he wants it to be. My impression is that WeChat's growth probably involved a heavy amount of both CCP involvement and outright corruption. Musk wouldn't be able to get Twitter *that* level of favoritism in the US even if he were 100% competent.

@atomicpoet Understood. I've seen that kind of nuance-allergic person before...way too many times to count.

@gigatexal What's #atpfm?

@atomicpoet And to be clear, moderation is not only necessary for social media (see 8chan for examples of what happens otherwise), but also protected by the First Amendment.

People have a right to speak, but other people aren't compelled to listen, and they certainly aren't compelled to host speech they don't want to host.

@atomicpoet To be fair, the word "moderated" is probably a better word to use here.
Censorship usually refers specifically to governmental restriction or mandating of speech. I have heard arguments for corporate censorship being a thing, but outside the very real issue of people and companies filing frivolous lawsuits against people for protected speech they don't like, most purported examples I have heard of *that* have been bullcrap.

@radehi *Some* people trust Tesla cars with their lives and their children's lives, but fair point...though I'm not sure as many will trust him with money going forward given Musk's handling of Twitter.

@jcmacomber I love this particular poem! It's been a while since I've seen it!

@radehi He's also going to have people do "normal" money transfers, because everyone is going to trust Elon with handling money, right? /s

@freemo So apparently there's more to the whole "moderation council" saga...
https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/22/23474381/elon-musk-twitter-moderation-council-activist-promise