Both of them have their strengths and weaknesses as social media platforms - and both thus far are clear of trollish minions. Twitter, though, soon will be flooded with enthusiastic wannabe shitlords acting like huge flocks of soiled budgies flying out of people’s lavatories, infringing on people’s personal freedoms.
On Twitter, a new algorithm will allow far-right trolls to band together en masse—something they have already been shown to have done repeatedly and systematically over the last 24 months—to make the tweets of Twitter Blue–verified left-leaning accounts disappear from public visibility permanently simply by muting or blocking them. — Read on post.news/article/2J3AloOm0Fho4H1A0YFAy9nU3fS
Spoiler alert: ROP is sexy. Someday, maybe, we can all forget about Space Karen and his tantwums, or Biden’s Biggest Loser and his ridiculous copyright-infringing cringe cards. And then we can all get back to the important business of minutely dissecting our favorite fantasy/science fiction shows, scene by scene. There’s a busted-up raftload of people on YouTube who created tons of videos on Rings of Power, some of which are very well produced and informative. I mostly watched without commenting. But recently on Twitter a “Galadriel is actually pretty hot, and so is Halbrand” discussion made it to my feed,…
How to get started on social-media site Mastodon, whether you’re leaving Twitter or just looking for people who have. — Read on www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/17/how-to-join-mastodon/