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Dan Gillmor

The European Commission has had enough of Musk's deadbird site -- at least enough to stop paying him for the privilege of swimming in a toxic waste dump -- and people are talking about that.

Which reminds me:

Please don't beat up on people who leave that toxic place, even if you believe, however righteously, that they should have left long ago.

They're doing the right thing now. Thank them, and encourage others to do the same.

politico.eu/article/no-more-ad

17 Nov 2023 at 19:53 | Open on mastodon.social
8 comments
jz.tusk

@dangillmor

Yup. The most important thing is that more people & companies follow suit.

What do folks think is likelier to lead to that: the leavers getting applauded, or becoming the targets of more criticism?

And if you're not in the mood to hand out bouquets (understandable), you can always identify one of the remainer companies, and thrash them for not acting like IBM.

17 Nov 2023 at 20:03 | Open on mastodon.social
sweepss
Antonio Pรกez

@dangillmor @MattFerrel

No beating up. Just a humongous roll of the eyes, commensurate with the loss of respect that it took them this long. I imagine Maggie The Plumber Haberman is still there, Xcreting.

17 Nov 2023 at 20:18 | Open on mastodon.online
Mike Christensen

@dangillmor Unless your target demographic is antisemites or lunatics, no one should be advertising on that site.

17 Nov 2023 at 20:28 | Open on mas.to
Joanna Bryson, blathering
Richard

@dangillmor This is the correct, adult, and responsible thing to do and I endorse this advice. But it's going to be REALLY hard to comply.

17 Nov 2023 at 20:47 | Open on mastodon.social
Tim Ward โญ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ”ถ #FBPE

@dangillmor There are still *lots* of organisations who have their only channel, or only effective channel, of customer service or tech support on Twitter.

17 Nov 2023 at 21:22 | Open on c.im
sortius

@dangillmor while I agree with the "don't beat up on people", thanking people leaving now is quite gross.

They've literally overlooked the dehumanisation of swathes of the world's population, all so they can keep their social media clout. That is not something to encourage.

Anyone leaving Twitter now has to spend time getting their humanity back in the eyes of people who left the moment the Nazis were brought back to Twitter

17 Nov 2023 at 21:26 | Open on mstdn.social
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