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Michel Salim :fedora: :debian:

Why I'm deleting my account, and how people can migrate to the and even still follow people on the old site.

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This post is day 20 of my challenge



Pensées de MichelGoodbye Twitter: all in on the FediverseWith the Twitter board accepting Elon’s buyout offer, I’ve reached the point where I can no longer maintain a presence on this network; I’ll post a link to this blog post, wipe all other tweets, and then delete the account after a week. There are many reasons for this: I don’t like to depend on the largesse of a billionaire see Now & Then’s Tax Dollars and Tech Dollars on a good historical discussion on billionaire ‘philanthropy’ Elon Musk is a modern-day Carnegie or Rockefeller; see the Behind the Bastards takedown his free speech maximalism is a terrible idea.
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Michel Salim :fedora: :debian:

is increasingly becoming a right-wing echo chamber now, thanks to

Republican senators gained almost 160,000 Twitter followers after Elon Musk’s deal from The Economist Espresso economist.com/espressochart/20

The EconomistRepublican senators gained almost 160,000 Twitter followers after Elon Musk’s dealBy The Economist
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