Cory Doctorow on why he's on Mastodon and only Mastodon.

"Enshittification isn’t merely the result of greed or foolishness — it is the inevitable consequence of a captive userbase."

--thx @JoshuaACNewman for putting this in my timeline!

https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/06/fool-me-twice-we-dont-get-fooled-again/

Lt. Trask sighed. Dennings was on sentry duty, which meant--

"Lieutenant! Reporting in: a huge flock of geese just passed overhead flying in a Y formation instead of a V." Dennings's voice crackled over the intercom.

"Private, you know you're only supposed to #alert me if you see something unusual."

"These geese were very unusual!"

"Let me rephrase: a threat. Only report threats."

"But sir, geese *are* threatening."

"Private!"

"OK sir, understood. Bigger threats."

#wss366 #microfiction