Post AVS70TPiDsNQBb6GfI by GWillow@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AVS70MZjeDEcyejfoe by GWillow@mastodon.social
2023-05-08T16:04:11Z
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Twitter somehow gets worse week by week--right now it is an unusable swamp of right wing conspiracy theory, wave after wave of racism (there is currently an "invasion" underway at the southern border that must be stopped by lethal force) crypto bros, and bots selling high-follower accounts. Amazing really.
(DIR) Post #AVS70NxsTw8nHp2T5M by GWillow@mastodon.social
2023-05-08T16:17:40Z
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I've been play-testing absolutely every twitter "replacement" (including Bluesky) and the general vibe I get is this: most former power-users want something exactly like Twitter but w/o the nazis and grifters. Bluesky is attempting to start conversations about federation now and users are not having it. They want a centralized platform w/a clear and consistently enforced TOS. Federation remains a very hard sell to the average person.
(DIR) Post #AVS70PwB9DyDP8G8iO by GWillow@mastodon.social
2023-05-08T16:21:17Z
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The vibe on Bluesky is classically leftist/socialist, so the bootstrappy libertarian message of federation (don't like the rules in this house? Go build your own house) is reaaaaallly rubbing people the wrong way. I'm glad those conversations are happening, frankly, bc that's an ideological barrier I don't think the apostles of federation anticipated.
(DIR) Post #AVS70TPiDsNQBb6GfI by GWillow@mastodon.social
2023-05-08T16:45:30Z
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I am not taking sides, btw; I'm just sharing what I have observed anecdotally. I'm going to try to grab some (anonymized) screenshots from Bluesky to show you what I mean.
(DIR) Post #AVS70VqNBitJiraaUy by GWillow@mastodon.social
2023-05-08T17:03:15Z
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A few examples:
(DIR) Post #AVS70YRJXLd3m0t7M8 by GWillow@mastodon.social
2023-05-08T17:03:56Z
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2023-05-08T17:04:49Z
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(DIR) Post #AVS70f70jEY0T4RVBI by GWillow@mastodon.social
2023-05-08T17:29:54Z
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Also, please, I beg you: do not respond to this thread with HOW IS FEDERATION LIBERTARIAN AND CENTRALIZATION SOCIALIST?? HUH?? HUH???? I do not speak for these people, I am nobody's therapist, I am not a political historian, I am just telling you what I personally have observed. I am not a customer service representative for Bluesky leftists.
(DIR) Post #AVS9Mx5Wm4b2UzVO6K by zleap@qoto.org
2023-05-08T18:14:47Z
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@GWillow We kinda saw that coming.On a sort of related note, Employers doing social media checks on applicants.https://www.experian.co.uk/blogs/latest-thinking/identity-and-fraud/social-media-checks-what-are-they-and-why-are-they-important/they do this partly to protect a company reputation, so from what you describe about what is happening on Twitter it seems rather ironic that they screen new applicants but maybe employers need to look closer to home.What conclusion would you draw about a company who is still on Twitter, given what is going on, and is it ironic they see fit to do social media checks on you as a job applicant, forgetting those checks probably go both ways. Company reputation starts at home with their own social media presence.Btw thank you for keeping everyone here updated. keep up the good work and importantly take care.
(DIR) Post #AVSIztr1dBHhLmMuPY by CapitalB@noagendasocial.com
2023-05-08T20:02:42Z
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@GWillow then again nobody in Switzerland interacting with Swiss accounts notices this. Must be a bubble phenomenon.
(DIR) Post #AVSJDuAtEivOOkL1sm by CapitalB@noagendasocial.com
2023-05-08T20:05:13Z
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@GWillow I habe evidence they did. Look very old CCC Congress videos about tor and the guys who made tor. Many of the FSF knew very well what they were up to. The crux of the matter is that this group is a tiny old guard and the younger cohorts dont sift through old material.
(DIR) Post #AVSJHV72MJLTpNFbKy by CapitalB@noagendasocial.com
2023-05-08T20:05:52Z
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@GWillow I have evidence they did. Look very old CCC Congress videos about tor and the guys who made tor. That milieu was deep left. Many of the FSF knew very well what they were up to. The crux of the matter is that this group is a tiny old guard and the younger cohorts dont sift through old material.
(DIR) Post #AVTBwTkn1p7NGsS4Xo by niclas@angrytoday.com
2023-05-09T06:18:20Z
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@GWillow People (if you can call them that) are like small children since the 1990s; Over-protected cry-babies, that can't handle "life" without a big nanny (mommy, BigCorp, the State,...) around. Our ancestors are turning in their graves.