Do you think Space Karen knows the name X, for the social media network formerly known as Twitter, is garbage?
I wish he’d sell all the Twitter branding to Sam Altman. Then Altman can create a Mastodon or Bluesky based social network called Twitter and we’d all be happy for it.
A rebirth of an original, but even better because it would be one node in a larger ecosystem.
As Big Tech scrambles to placate Donald Trump before he reassumes office, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday that his company would replace their fact-checkers with user-generated Community Notes, beginning in the United States and then rolling out globally.
Now, more than ever, is time to start your own weblog. Zuck and Musk don’t own the internet. It’s open to all.
Dump Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Space Karen’s X.
Go social on the open web with the likes of Micro.blog, Mastodon, or Bluesky.
There’s absolutely no doubt in my mind that what’s missing in the two-party system in the US is that one of the parties does not own a social network.
There’s a super easy fix for that. Setup a Mastodon server at the Democrats.org and start writing.
Please forgive my crude “artistry” but this is what I wish Mastodon would do for folks coming to sign up for the first time at joinmastodon.org.
Don’t present them with a “Join mastodon.social” button and a “Pick another server” button. Just give them a single choice “Join Mastodon” so they get a mastodon.social account. Once they figure out how it works they can switch to another instance or just keep using the one they have.
