@Gargron @binaryphile

He’s bluffing.

@Gargron he's probably just sabre-rattling to try to put the EU in an awkward position so they back down on some things. I'd love to say it won't work, but...

Of course, I'd love to be proven wrong.

@Gargron oh so this is what’s happening why there’s been a mass migration

@Gargron musk would be doing Europe a solid.

@Gargron@mastodon.social good idea gargron those are two groups of people that fedi desperately needs more of

@Gargron If Musk dare to do that, frankly in my opinion, many will indeed comes to Fediverse platforms, but others will just use other proprietary platforms such as Threads, Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram,... and have a high risk of those platforms doing these things again.

People do find Fediverse platforms so confusing to use, and because of brandim recognition and network effect, they will not recognize the problem of centralized platforms

@Gargron

He'd rather destroy the app than submit. Putz

@Gargron
The EU is about to block X for promoting misinformation, so Musk is threatening to pull out before they can shut him down? Fine.

@Gargron “Elon Musk on Thursday denied a report that he was considering pulling the platform from the European Union”

…but take his word for what it’s worth.

https://themessenger.com/tech/elon-musk-denial-twitter-europe-x-dsa-report

@Gargron #conservative politician can stay on there. Right audience for them there and here they can't push their agenda on people not following. I won't tolerate their crap on my timeline.

@Gargron

@Gargron Could we be that fortunate

@Gargron DSA is horrible. Give the politicians the power to tell who is right and who is wrong. Pretty bad that people think its a great thing to let politicians get more power and citizens less power, just beacouse they dislike Elon.

@Gargron mastodon needs to upgrade give direct message and quote posts feature.

@Gargron@mastodon.social

Musk really not reading the room.

@Gargron How about quickly adding quoting so they won’t have an excuse to not join?

@Gargron now is the second best time.

The best time was yadda yadda yadda

@Gargron I have 10gb of ISP storage just for email. A long time ago everyone could host personal websites without paying more. What lay users really need is microblogging without censorship if they are not violating laws.

I'm a political moderate & have not found free speech on any social network.

Elon would make me pay for a broader voice, but he wouldn't censor me, though the people who work for him would, just like your server hosts. #partisanship

@Gargron

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xSFi-Tn2_g

Do it. Do it.

@Gargron No one should remain on that shit site.

@Gargron I think they will just start using threads.

@Gargron be prepared for new user loads on the instances from Europe

@Gargron later on he said, he will not.
Unfortunately, all are going to Bluesky.
Reasons for not chosing Mastodon are already communicated.

@Gargron OpenAI also briefly blocked ChatGPT in Italy instead of complying with privacy laws. They hoped to flip the table and start a popular uprising, but it didn't work and they simply had to comply.

@Gargron Musk says lots of things. Maybe some of them might even turn out to be true.

European politicians and official government bodies should have moved off Ex-Twitter months ago when it became another Truth Social.

@Gargron ...if not for governments, organizations and corporations to setup their own :fediverse: servers and start federating.

Like @Bundesregierung or @ZDF did...

@Gargron Now would be a great time for all journalists to do it. I kind of like not seeing the GOP here though, if I am being honest. Twitter from what I hear, is full of nothing but hate and mostly bots now, for the most part, but I left so idk 🍸

@Gargron yo leí que planea cobrar a sus usuarios por publicar; como dijo una amiga pareciera que tuvo alguna venganza con los antiguos dueños, porque tomarse tantas molestias para conseguir su empresa y luego destrozarla poco a poco ante sus ojos, deshaciéndose hasta del logo y el nombre, para que les duela ver como acaba con todo lo que crearon, solo así se entendería todo lo que esta haciendo.
Hoy día los ricos están bien locos.

@Gargron to be fair, I'm not sure it's so much. He's actually wanting to remove it so much as it's about to be removed for him

@Gargron

@Gargron As much as I loathe giving Elon the time of day….

If I’m the EU, and Elon’s threatening to pull Xitter from Europe, my first and only thought is:

“Well, I guess they just saved me a LOT of paperwork.”

@Gargron Been saying he should have already done it a long time ago already. Let them make their own network. EU thinks they can just run the world. GDPR for websites what/who? Not advocating for Musk especially after my Twitter account was suspended, but EU is no hero.

@Gargron LOL!

@Gargron who cares

@Gargron I think #Spacekaren only does this to get publicity, to try to stay interesting.

@gargron maybe #Mastodon should quickly set up a crowdfunding campaign to start a proper marketing campaign asap?

@Gargron It would be kinda nice to have it all in one place again.

@Gargron please do it

@Gargron Musk understands social media. The fewer users, the better for the platform. Above all, it makes it easy for advertisers to decide against spending on Twitter. Maybe some Twitter people will now realize that $11 was too much for Blue.

*Zuckerberg laughs in the background*

@Gargron it’s the kind of shoot-yourself-in-foot type of move he’ll definitely make.

@Musk will choose self destruction rather make a decent platform

@Gargron It may be a good time for them, but does Fediverse need more of the scum like journalists and politicians? I am not convinced.

Now would be a good time for all European political parties, institutions and news organizations to set up servers on fedi for their staff. Doesn't have to be Mastodon. For many, WordPress would fit better. Some might even prefer Pixelfed or PeerTube.
RT @Gargron
https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/111265124644470446

@Gargron Nothing sayds "savvy businessman" than cutting off an area with 400 million people over a spat.

Edit: Oh and between this and the "pay to use" scheme they are rolling out...

@Gargron This better be true.

@Gargron 👋

@Gargron Mr. Free Speech doesn't want a public square. Just wreck it already and get it over with.

@Gargron

Time to Dump the #ElongatedMuskrat ,
Before the #ElongatedMuskrat
Dumps YOU!!

#DropTheBird #Xitter #X

@Gargron oh no... Please don't.

Anyway

@Gargron
It's not the threat it once would have been, is it?

@Gargron und die Politiker, die bereits hier sind, könnten etwas Aufmerksamkeit gebrauchen, damit sie ihren Account nicht nach 5 Posts einschlafen lassen: https://politics-on-social-media.github.io/

@Gargron No! They should just stay there so we don't have to deal with them :)

Now it would be a good time for journalists, politicians and *scientists* to set up and use an account on #Mastodon

https://www.reuters.com/technology/musk-considers-removing-x-platform-europe-over-eu-law-insider-2023-10-18/

#twittermigration #xmigration #chemistry #glycotime #science

@Gargron

@Gargron@mastodon.

He keeps breaking EU/European laws & regulations.
That’s the entire reason for this spoilt child’s tantrum….

Glad to be over here, tbh

@Gargron

They won't do that. That is because they are spineless, and will instead beg Musk to stay.

@Gargron On the basis of a nonsense trolling of the EU by Musk or on the basis that this nonsense is actually not nonsense?

@Gargron So remove it. Who cares?

@Gargron If he in fact does this, they may very well have to. We don't know for sure if he's doing this yet. I hope he does. But let's see

@Gargron
(Please, don't)
@morax

@Gargron 👍@EU_Commission tell everyone please 🥳

@Gargron
Good.
Kthxbye Elon 😉

@Gargron From what I understand the fiasco formerly known as Twitter is on thin ice with the E. U. already. It's like the scenario, "you're fired! You can't fire me, I quit!".

There's no way he doesn't know he's got a shit show on his hands that he's created but won't admit it and can't figure out a way to fix it.

@Gargron

Can say that again…

@Gargron

Yes please!

@Gargron I suspect most will move over to Bluesky. I also have an account there as all the people seem to go there. Personally I prefer Mastodon.

@Gargron Good riddance. The Fediverse is a much happier forum.
#MuckFusk

@Gargron All Right Wing Platforms either block Europe, as standard, or decide to block Europe to avoid further trouble. This is fantastic news. I'd go further. I hope Europe blocks Starlink in retaliation. Imagine if Tesla was banned too.

@Gargron @EU_Commission

@Gargron oh, yes, PLEASE!

@Gargron Fake news.

@Gargron Alternative headline. "Musk considers prospect of X being banned in the EU after he turned it into an uncontrolled disinformation cesspit."
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/30/eu-raises-prospect-of-big-fine-or-ban-if-twitter-fails-to-follow-new-legislation

@Gargron The problem for politicians is that there no algorithm on Mastodon to boost their posts. They'd have to work to get noticed...🤣

@Gargron WOW great timing then for me making my #mastodon profile, I’m a Canadian but I love #europe and Europeans and want to immigrate there 😸 Be interesting if he does.

@Gargron

I already read he denied everything.

I'll be honest with you.
There are many who should switch here but also many who should not come here.

@Gargron Fingers crossed! Great news if he does it!

@Gargron I like how this is a mastodon post😂

@Gargron pls do it! :D

@Gargron And request a full dump of all your 'tweets' and other data so you have a backup.

@Gargron bye X 👋

@Gargron Every day is a good day to leave X and join Mastodon.

@Gargron How come the BBC is allowed to spread misinformation?

@Gargron If right, that would help free bandwidth for better use : good new !

@Gargron This is the best social media platform I've ever been on. Even those I've disagreed with are civil and we end up being friends.

@Gargron

Good riddance if it's true, but I doubt that Xitter can afford to lose hundreds of millions of users. Sounds more like Musk blowing off some fetid gas.

As to why more politicians and journalists don't leave, I suspect it's because they put engagement above ethical values.

In the meantime, I am trapped on the hellsite because my suspension makes it logistically impossible to delete the account. If anyone knows a way round this, I would be grateful for the information.

@Gargron DANG dont promise me a bloody good time Space Karen you wont keep your word anyway.

@Gargron Mastodon just need some fit and finish.

@Gargron

Anyone have Elon's number? I'd like to see if he would pull X from the US too.

@Gargron ,100%

Contact Them All Via https://www.ceoemail.com ,This Guy Has Been Create Help For Me Being Heard With MP's, Police, NHS, BT/EE, & More 😀

Donate: £50 - £100 ,& Conact All CEO's Offices/Head Offices & Senior Governmental Departments In #EU & #Uk & #Europe ,Too Join: #Mastodon With Their Own Servers/Instances, & Join The Larger #Fediverse On: #Mastodon / #MastodonSocial / #PexilFed , & #Meta #Threads & More 😀

We Are In Uk, USA, Canada, Japan, Australia, Europe Vs #BRICS R,C,I,

@Gargron MuskRat is a Narcissistic Technocrat Dictator wannabe.

@Gargron please let him remove it from Europe already.

@Gargron that's actually good news!

@Gargron

Why Musk anyone even care?

@Gargron 👌

@Gargron

Now would be a *really* good time for #Mastodon to make the photos forced into our timelines by the flashy new #PreviewCard either globally optional by user, or at least hideable on a post-by-post basis

How many time are we going to be forced to see #Musk's smirking face just because some web site we'll never visit is using it as click--bait

@Gargron Musk is a fascist parasite.

@Gargron most of European politics are still on X because they paid a lot for fake follower packages. They hold on to their investment and there's no yet such fake accounts business on #Mastodon

@Gargron I think if he does pull Twitter out of Europe, it will not be for any of the reasons he claims.

@Gargron Oh yes, please!