Tim Verstynen on Nostr: npub1skvad…laky3 I personally made a decision to leave as soon as Musk took over. ...
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I personally made a decision to leave as soon as Musk took over. Everything that I was afraid would happen there did, and more. To me it seems illogical (and somewhat unethical) to stay on a platform that promotes disinformation and anti-intellectualism as a scientist or academic. Staying only gives it underserved legitimacy.
Do I think Mastodon is a perfect replacement to what was lost? No. I love it here but the scope and ability to communicate with people of all walks of life is nowhere what it was on Twitter. But the tone is easier and the community seems to be mostly acting in good faith.
Musk killed something special. But in the end we have to admit that Twitter (as we knew it) is dead. The longer that reality takes to sink in for academics on X, the longer the problem will persist.
I personally made a decision to leave as soon as Musk took over. Everything that I was afraid would happen there did, and more. To me it seems illogical (and somewhat unethical) to stay on a platform that promotes disinformation and anti-intellectualism as a scientist or academic. Staying only gives it underserved legitimacy.
Do I think Mastodon is a perfect replacement to what was lost? No. I love it here but the scope and ability to communicate with people of all walks of life is nowhere what it was on Twitter. But the tone is easier and the community seems to be mostly acting in good faith.
Musk killed something special. But in the end we have to admit that Twitter (as we knew it) is dead. The longer that reality takes to sink in for academics on X, the longer the problem will persist.