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Oh my. @Mediaite conservative writer Isaac Schorr misread the Twitter account @joinmastodon as "John Mastodon," and said that the open source social media software was named after this imaginary person. https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/hypocrisy-and-fear-all-the-way-down-at-twitter/ 56 comments
@mattsheffield Ugh does he mean the external council that hadn't even met in months? Schorr is way out of his competencies here, of which it seems he has few. @mattsheffield I love how that this is beyond parody - a simple 5 minute fact-check is too much 🙃 @mattsheffield that’s awesome. for year at gizmodo, we told people the site was named after a guy named Ted Gizmodo.  @mattsheffield It’s becoming increasingly difficult to parody these people because they keep getting more stupid. 🤷🏻♂️  @mattsheffield image description: screencap from article showing the sentence in question which reads “Then, the platform removed John Mastodon, the founder of a competing social media company named after himself.” @mattsheffield I commented on that! i said "the only connection to mastodon and the name john is former BAND manager nick john died" @mattsheffield i need specsavers today, I read that as Medialite, and well it is really, lite on fact checkin  @mattsheffield I mean, obviously. Mister John Mastodon is responsible for so much good in this world.   @mattsheffield So thanks to #ChatGPT I give you... The ballad of John Mastodon (sang in old-timey western ways) @mattsheffield Thank you for this - I was confused why people keep posting “I am John Mastodon” 😂  @mattsheffield @Gargron next you're going to tell me that Anandtech is named after some guy, and not the venerable nand gate @mattsheffield It's almost like conservative news is unconcerned with minor things like "details" and "facts" and just makes up whatever's convenient for the point they're trying to make.  @mattsheffield Can anyone give me John Mastodon's email address? I'd like to offer him a couple of suggestions.    @mattsheffield this place just hasn't been the same since John Mastodon's been removed 😔 @mattsheffield just imagine if someone incited a violent insurrection via Twitter that ended in an actual loss of life and an attack on a government building. That account should definitely be banned.... Hey, wait a minute... |
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@mattsheffield This here Johnny Mastodon is a relic of the past! A prehistoric beast trying to trap us in the tar pits of Liberalism!