ML2 @mathlover@social.cleverlibre.org

We have decided to create an account at Mastodon. We need time to learn how this platform works but also how to synchronize our work here with the Twitter account.

Thank you all for joining us here. No matter where we are, the mission stays the same. We are in social media to commemorate the victims of Auschwitz and educate the world about the tragic story of the camp.

“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy – they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”

F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
#twitter

Oh my god with the drama. Yes we get it, you've never been forced off a platform integral to networking in your profession and earning a living before. It's the end of the world🙄

It happens regularly to marginalized folk and we all told you you'd be next. You didn't give a shit

@ariadne I feel sorry for people on visa who had no choice but to stay. It’s gonna be some horrible days for them.

As @pilhofer would add if he were here more 🧐 members of his Tiny News Collective, LION, INN, et al depend on section 230 more than the bulging-pocketed and much-lawyered platforms. We must defend #230 and defeat #JCPA for the good of this future vision for American journalism.

@syrus @mehdihasan Engagement levels on Mastadon are also way better than Twitter

@mehdihasan Yes, and with a federated, decentralized alternative like Mastodon, they can still have a voice. Funded by the masses on federated servers in hundreds of countries around the globe.

@mehdihasan So many dog rescue groups on there too..I've literally seen dogs rescued right before my eyes on Twitter. Sad that is going to go away 😭

Think of people around the world tonight who need Twitter to get their voices heard, to document human rights abuses and injustices, to get attention, expose war crimes, and more.

All of them could be about to be cut off because the world’s richest man wanted to own the libs.

Twitter is now an insecure platform, haemmorhaging security experts. It could haemmorhage your DMs, through leak or sale.
It's no hard guarantee, but your best chance to delete them is with is with #GDPR rights. I've written a blog on how:
https://michae.lv/deleting-dms-from-twitter/

Thinking I might curate my experience on mastodon much more tightly so that it can be something that's a positive in my life rather than it making me angry all the time like twitter

But, if we don’t have Twitter, how will we know what to be angry about each day???

For those who don't know, Bookwyrm is basically a better, federated Goodreads. Because it speaks ActivityPub, you can subscribe to someone's Bookwyrm feed from directly in Mastodon and see the book reviews they post!

https://joinbookwyrm.com/

Also there are 2 spots remaining in the Bookwyrm patreon to pay $40/mo and support the project in a huge way *and* have @tripofmice run a server for you and 50 of your bookwormiest friends: https://www.patreon.com/bookwyrm

Oh, Lord, Amy Klobuchar is on
Morning Joe and they predictably go after 230. NO! Thousands of site hosts on Mastodon, et al need its protections. Social media will not be about some big, evil company but about thousands of volunteers and their risk and liability.

"That approach: build protocols, not platforms." @mmasnick

https://knightcolumbia.org/content/protocols-not-platforms-a-technological-approach-to-free-speech

Maybe don't let billionaires be in charge of stuff.

Maybe don't let there be billionaires.

Folks. No matter what instance you are on your admins and Moderators are simply trying to keep up with all the refugees from Twitter.

Mastodon is a pretty friendly place. If you see someone with a question on your local timeline and know the answer please jump in and help.

Hello new #API developers who've come here from Twitter.
I've written some guides to help you get started with the #MastdonAPI

Includes how to build #bots, grab conversations, and use search effectively.

Read them at: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/tag/mastodon/

This Twitter fiasco is a reminder of who is *actually* critical to the survival of our economy & society.

Twitter worked before the billionaire got here. Now that workers are gone, Twitter is collapsing. Workers made Twitter work—a billionaire broke it.

Workers > Billionaires

✨ The future is federated

Imagine being able to follow Twitter accounts from your Instagram account

With Mastodon & Pixelfed you can!

▶️ https://pixelfed.org