Since coming over to #mastodon I get grilled periodically for continuing to share content from #twitter. But I’m not a #fediverse purist. Despite X’s fascist ownership, there is still an embattled, radicalized subculture there that curates content in defiance of algorithms.
In the 1850s abolitionist James Redpath described “the Underground Telegraph” which defied proto-fascist slave states and spread news everywhere. If reliable content could defy proto-fascists then, it can defy fascists now.
@micchiato yeah, it always strikes me as backwards to, out of concern that a fascist might interfere with your speech, to silence oneself entirely.
Seems like it gives him the win, in that storyline.
I don't personally buy into that narrative, but from the outside looking in, it seems foolish to leave Twitter and give up that voice, even if one regards that voice as threatened.
@volkris
That’s an excellent way to put it. My impression is that #BlackTwitter stays for similar reasons. And if you want radicalized content, there is no better community there or here, IMO.