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Abuse, PTSD, leaving Twitter (thread) 

Let’s be clear: #Elon Musk’s behavior (& that of his buddies) is #abuse. It’s not a symptom of mental illness.

As a billionaire, he has outsized power, allowing him to hold thousands of people (his employees & #Twitter users) in an abusive dynamic writ large.

If you depended on Twitter for your livelihood or support system, & especially if you have experienced this dynamic before, you’re likely displaying internal & behavioral #trauma or #ptsd responses. 🧵

Trolls, themselves, don't tend to believe in listening to everyone.

They're certainly not looking for debate.

To them, a discussion is not even about uncovering a truth or—more unsubtlely—being right or wrong.

It's about winning or losing.

From a troll's perspective, all interactions are a game with a desired outcome: winning.

In order to deal effectively with trolls, you can't even let them play their game.

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Did a little exploration of instances. Seems to be nothing of value there. Am I missing something?

BREAKING: Mastodon CEO Eugen "Gargron" Rochko announces that Mastodon will soon support ActivityPub, enabling integration with the wider fediverse for the first time.

@freemo @Amikke

I like this one ⬆️ much better. I think any hint of ominous should be avoided.

Also UFoot? 👣

@skanman

@freemo @skanman @ufoi

For some reason it starts the Star Wars Empire theme going in my head.

quality twitter cross-post 

Video you did not know you needed.

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RT @gunsnrosesgirl3
This baby skate at feeding time

twitter.com/gunsnrosesgirl3/st

Yeah, sure, @freemo messes up sometimes. Because he actually DOES THINGS.

He also seeks constructive criticism and corrects course. More than once a day in public.

You can be comfortable, or you can be a change agent.

If it weren't for a few stragglers I care about, I would never go back on Twitter again. I'll hold on one more month.

The longer I’m around the more I’ve learned life is about perspective. Like who knew the underside of a mushroom could be such an interesting view? I mean the ants & ladybugs probably knew but they weren’t spilling their secrets.

Try to view things a little differently today and just see what happens. Hopefully good things. ❤️

#mushroom #perspective #positivity

A few days ago, I asked a self-identified leftist why they're still on Twitter.

Their response: "I shouldn't have to leave Twitter, Elon Musk should!"

🙄

That's not how it works.

Elon Musk literally owns Twitter now. It's completely in his private hands. Twitter isn't even trading on the stock market anymore.

Twitter's data centers hosting all your tweets? Elon Musk physically owns them now.

Everything you put on Twitter now -- Elon Musk owns it!

Teri Kanefield unfortunately lost some followers when she moved instances recently

If you like you find her here now! @Teri_Kanefield

(She’s a former appellate defender, and a legal and political analysts.)

If you see a ‘pending’ at this moment just click/tab another time for a follow♥️

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