@caseynewton That feels like a significant milestone in the decline of Twitter as a public square.

@caseynewton if any reporters or official accounts switch to mastodon, please share

@caseynewton did they actually quit or are they just no longer posting for the time being (sorry I forget exactly how they worded it after they got mislabelled as state media).

@caseynewton Seems that NPR has an account here with @NPR. I hope they decide to expand their presence here.

@caseynewton I wish I had the strength of NPR.

@caseynewton please tell them to hop on the fediverse, would be really cool.

@caseynewton yeah but you know if Musk drops the gov label, they will be back with a big sigh of relief unfortunately.

@caseynewton Your prediction is starting to come true... right after you said it wasn't coming true. :)

@caseynewton would be even better to join Mastodon

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This is a great exit, and good on them for not being taibbied. Another 40 or so such exits and Qwitter will simply be the Fox News of microblogging.

But, will NPR journos remain? If they do, Musk still wins.

“Lansing says individual NPR journalists and staffers can decide for themselves whether to continue using Twitter”

@caseynewton is there a legit NPR presence here yet in the Fediverse? I see press.coop mirrors and a “blue checkmark” version in mstdn.social (not updated since dump there 11/2020), but those don’t inspire any confidence.

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NPR needs to join Mastodon. Here’s how to contact them:

https://mastodon.sdf.org/@MattFerrel/110186680872849203

@caseynewton For a bit there it seemed like they were going to capitulate. So, this is good news.

@caseynewton is there verified proof? Has @npr made a statement?