2024-11-15 ┃ RE: Outpatientzero
@Outpatientzero A lot of people thought that by staying on X they were “fighting the misinformation” and there are even a few who say if we had not left, if we had stayed to help them things might be different.
I can’t say they are wrong with any confidence. But, I think what too few fail to recognize is the tremendous power wielded by *owning the platform* and thus setting the rules.
I could have stayed and “fought” but who would have even heard me?
https://sauropods.win/@futurebird/113487110100871659
@futurebird I talked a lot
about that for a long time - that he and his algorithm control what people see and that if you start getting any threatening or meaningful traction he’ll just shut […]
2024-11-15 nazokiyoubinbou ┃ 1👤
@futurebird @Outpatientzero Personally I'm convinced that a mass exodus with statements that Musk was trying to use X to manipulate the election and they wanted no part of that would have done […]
2024-11-15 MaierAmsden ┃ 1🔗 1👤
@futurebird @Outpatientzero I left after I was suspended twice for outspoken leftism. My engagement plummeted to nothing, except I was overrun by thousands of hooker-bots. I didn't quit. I was […]
2024-11-15 MishaVanMollusq ┃ 1👤
@futurebird @Outpatientzero Twitter was doomed by April 2022.
@futurebird @Outpatientzero It felt like playing a sport, but the referee can and will change the rules, and sometimes score for the other team himself.
2024-11-15 wendigo ┃ edited ┃ 1👤
@futurebird @Outpatientzero I can see the value in fighting for a community owned platform but not one owned by a malicious and irresponsible toddler with many billions of dollars...
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