Post AmJBEQpavWYF7WNlGy by mart_brooks@mastod.no
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(DIR) Post #AmJ690KZWlu3iDSqrg by simplenomad@rigor-mortis.nmrc.org
2024-09-23T21:11:54Z
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A friend of mine asked "How do you deal with this?" to which I replied that I dealt with it almost 2 years ago when I deleted my account.Why people remain on Twitter, I do not know.https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/23/24252438/x-blocked-users-view-public-posts
(DIR) Post #AmJ7Q6PQHXedRNRyGu by kurtseifried@infosec.exchange
2024-09-23T21:26:12Z
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@simplenomad in fairness a lot of big orgs, govs and emergency services use Twitter to announce things, witness Biden stepping out of the presidential race… the reality is normal people won’t go to places like mastodon because most of what they follow isn’t here, and those orgs won’t come here without the users being here. Chicken say hello to egg.
(DIR) Post #AmJ9DvloDA1osUFFCq by mart_brooks@mastod.no
2024-09-23T21:46:24Z
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@simplenomad Engagement, and seeking opinions outside of the echo chamber. The nature of mastodon breeds echo chambers.
(DIR) Post #AmJ9HWxYOkvT5USGyO by simplenomad@rigor-mortis.nmrc.org
2024-09-23T21:47:06Z
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@kurtseifried I do agree with what you're saying and understand it - here though I was kind of preaching (bitching) to the choir. I mean if you read this type of thing on Mastodon *and* still have a Twitter account, I don't fully understand what's stopping you. Particularly if you follow crazy left-leaning old hippies such as myself.
(DIR) Post #AmJ9Ub16cn3TR4LXxw by simplenomad@rigor-mortis.nmrc.org
2024-09-23T21:49:27Z
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@mart_brooks I do get it. However depending on who you follow on any social media platform, echo chambers form. I just couldn't stand what was happening and had to leave.
(DIR) Post #AmJ9hEsMFvteWyHdB2 by simplenomad@rigor-mortis.nmrc.org
2024-09-23T21:51:44Z
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BTW in case anyone asks, I did in fact delete my account on Twitter and yes not a week or so later someone else created a new account with my old account name.
(DIR) Post #AmJ9t6kKJ6n4nCBbqC by mart_brooks@mastod.no
2024-09-23T21:53:51Z
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@simplenomad Entirely your prerogative and right, I would never be so stupid as to suggest otherwise.I like running my ideas and opinions up against an open audience to test them. I've been proved to be wrong several times.
(DIR) Post #AmJA2w7Qfs7yjCg9tw by simplenomad@rigor-mortis.nmrc.org
2024-09-23T21:55:39Z
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@Polychrome Yeah I made a list of those types before I left and found their other socials, especially blog posts with rss feeds I could subscribe to. Still, there were casualties....
(DIR) Post #AmJAEGRDT74UvrKsCm by simplenomad@rigor-mortis.nmrc.org
2024-09-23T21:57:42Z
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@mart_brooks Haha that is the thing I do miss about that place - the absolute strange stuff that would come out of the woodwork with such weird perspectives.
(DIR) Post #AmJALKSQvEITQTH1ua by teajaygrey@rap.social
2024-09-23T21:58:59Z
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@simplenomad I don't understand it.Twitter/Birdsite/X/whatevertheheck if someone blocked you (unless they were private) you could always just log out and view their timeline anyway.Which is to say: they never had implemented anything as remedial as message privacy in the first place; only the illusion of such things.If fElon Musk thinks that unwinding that broken "feature" is moving the sunken ship forward, I guess it's just more evidence that no one should ever trust billionaires to have a clue about anything. But hey, he paid for the piece of it.sh he can do whatever he wants to it I guess?
(DIR) Post #AmJAR9DLdZjKIDza1A by phil_stevens@mastodon.nz
2024-09-23T21:59:52Z
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@simplenomad This is why I didn't delete mine, but instead locked it and put up a pinned post about leaving on account of the place being a nazi bar.
(DIR) Post #AmJAoYumFXd0f6TFey by kurtseifried@infosec.exchange
2024-09-23T22:04:15Z
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@simplenomad in fairness I disabled my account instead of deleting it so nobody can squat my name. Also I still need to login to read the occasional thread (eg @thegrugq links from his newsletter). I think we underestimate the human ability to be boiled alive and putting up with abuse. Even when there’s a better alternative a lot of people’s ego won’t let them switch and admit they should have left ages ago.
(DIR) Post #AmJBEQpavWYF7WNlGy by mart_brooks@mastod.no
2024-09-23T22:08:55Z
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@simplenomad It's certainly much easier to get into a good argument there than here. I've actually really only had one falling out here, and that was with an actual lawyer - Hi Neil!
(DIR) Post #AmK59zxuSyu84Wjagi by johnnyjonjonny@mastodon.online
2024-09-24T08:35:16Z
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@simplenomad same here, I enjoyed Twitter but I left X as soon as it became a right wing toxic cesspit under Musk’s ownership. It’s simply unfathomable why people stay on that platform