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On November 25, at the urging of a far-right troll, Elon Musk banned the @CrimethInc Twitter account.

Musk’s goal in acquiring Twitter had nothing to do with “free speech”—it was a partisan move to silence opposition, paving the way for fascist violence. https://crimethinc.com/2022/11/25/elon-musk-bans-crimethinc-from-twitter-on-request-from-far-right-troll

With Twitter's collapse, funders should start helping build up federated discourse: supporting development of better security, of moderation aids, of proposals for affordances welcoming to Black Twitter and other communities. Stop thinking top down. Start thinking emergent.

What a cringe-fest!

Elon Musk trying so hard to hurl insulting zingers at Mastodon. But he just comes across as incredibly awkward and dorky.

He also fails at one of the first rules of PR: don't acknowledge the little guy lest you turn them into the big guy.

There were #onlinecommunities in 1989: Scenes from a WELL party

https://youtu.be/MM8NHBsTST4

At the turn of the (20th) century newspapers were the social media platforms of the day.

At the turn of the 21st century newspapers ceded that role, and their futures, to big-tech and the portals and silo-social networks.

The move to the fediverse gives modern news orgs a once in a generation opportunity to take that back.

Follow the lead of @TexasObserver and other news orgs that are launching their own instances for their staff/reporters and their audiences.

Twitter Has Lost Half of Its Top 100 Advertisers.

https://politicalwire.com/2022/11/25/twitter-has-lost-half-of-its-top-100-advertisers/

hmm..
I came across the usual #user that spams crypto stuff..
How to proceed?
I would block the #account, but I think a better action might be to #report it to the remote server.. Just, I only have a report to this server option, and then forward to the remote one...
Any way to just report to the remote? Or am I supposed to report in my one anyway/no-report-at-all?

#newby #mastoHelp #mastodon

Mt. Rainier casting a shadow upwards across the sky.

This piece is a couple of weeks old, but I think it’s important to pay attention to.

In Republican-controlled states where they can get away with it, the urban areas are split up through gerrymandering to basically disenfranchise the city dwellers. Nashville is a prime example.

You’re talking about one of the largest metro areas of the country and because of gerrymandering, its congressional representation is gone. It’s not democracy.

Republican-Led Congressional Redistricting Leads to 'District Misassignment' in Nashville | Pith in the Wind | nashvillescene.com
https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithinthewind/republican-led-congressional-redistricting-leads-to-district-misassignment-in-nashville/article_bf0c9d34-5df7-11ed-b71a-c7d7f35df19d.html

He's the richest man only because Telsa is a memestock.

Once people realize Tesla's value is high for the same basic reason FTX's was*, it'll normalize down to something a lot smaller.

* people put money in, and number go up; and because number go up, more people put more money in. All while paying lots of attention to the brand and the memes but without paying much attention to the fundamentals of the business

Overconsumption is a big issue already globally and 'world events' like Black Friday doesn't help a bit..

Fashion influencers are getting more crazy than ever, online ordering and payments can be done with a single click / tab on the screen all for the goal of selling more and more.

I'm not gonna participate in this madness and I hope you also won't or at least buy something locally to support the small stores instead of Bezos with for example..

@wchr So, what then? Does everybody just switch to LibreOffice on Linux machines? I assume the same holds for Google as well (by all logic, it should). Can people even use Windows anymore given the amount of telemtry data that's sent?

Does the DSK outline alternatives, or is everyone just under an obligation to figure it out?

How will enforcement work out -- that's ... basically every German company, organisation, volunteer organisation, school...

The massive Twitter data breach is real. Here is a small offer of proof. There is data from entire countries in the data set.

Now Musk is saying if Apple and Google block Twitter on their app stores, presumably for failure to moderate hate speech and for safety, he will just create a new phone.

So it’s going well, right?

Observing what some are calling "growing pains" with how Mastodon instances moderate minority voices is reinforcing what free speech advocates like @popehat have preach for years - that it is the ability for minorities to share their perspectives even if that is uncomfortable for the majority which is the most important function of free speech.

I am now receiving reports of child abuse materials (CSAM) surfacing on #Twitter as results from ordinary, nonsexual searches, and that efforts to report such materials to Twitter are either being ignored or receive "does not violate our TOS" responses. Horrific if true.

Going into the 2022 midterm elections, Ds controlled 36 state legislative chambers; Rs controlled 62. Now, Ds control 40; Rs 56. (3 remain uncalled.)

It's the first time a prez's party has picked up state leg seats in the 1st-term midterms since *1934*. https://ballotpedia.org/Election_results,_2022:_State_legislatures

Apparently Sam Harris quit the bird site but has anyone seen him around here yet?

What if blue checks and celebrities all go to some unfederated silo, with some fun fonts and a tip jar, only to discover that no cared that they were missing?

That could have a profound impact on our train wreck culture.

Can we cut out the clout chasing?

Influencer culture is what helped destroyed Twitter, and it will destroy the Fediverse if we bring these same habits.

Stop begging for followers. It's gross.