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So in 60 years when someone realizes the domain has lapsed and they start a new social media site about bird songs in the ashes?

same

These good people wouldn't even consider attending a conference/event/restaurant where open racism, misogyny and abuse was tolerated. I'm at a loss as to why they make an exception for social media.

A way to deprive X from ad revenue is to put anyone you still want to read content from in a list. Lists don’t seem have ads. I did this with a last few people/orgs that haven’t yet moved somewhere else. Now I read their content from the list only.

I didn’t delete it, but I don’t like visiting a Nazi bar

Delete the app, use the web to check every now and then?

I deleted the Twitter app a few years ago. I kind of don't trust it being on my phone. Recently I deleted all my tweets and have a banner and pinned tweet to say I moved to Blue Sky. I have so far kept my Twitter account active so no one can take the handle and to check DMs every once in a while.

There are still so good people that hang out there though and I still get some DMs and not everyone is on bluesky so 🤷‍♀️

It gives you a credible exit *for now* - just like Twitter used to. But the only way to ensure that is permanent is to run your own PDC I also very much doubt that any credible alternative ATProto providers will emerge - this is a bit sweary, but largely accurate IMO: www.jwz.org/blog/2025/01...

I was waiting for few tech persons to leave or to see them in some other platform. Now I don't need twitter anymore.

So nice to have you here, Scott!

I cannot emphasize enough how much Elon sucking is the reason I left Twitter.

That and they bring back the blue bird

Good call. I uninstalled the app several days ago.

While we may not be able to stop oligarchs, we can expand and multiply these platforms.

Why return? They'll always be a for-profit company that tries to juice their engagement numbers, so I'm not sure if they'll ever not suck.