Scott M. Fulton, III @SMFulton3@qoto.org

@lauren I do agree with you that the solution to this matter is not to restrict discussion about Twitter. Thinking we can resolve a problem by not talking about it, may have been what brought us to this state in the first place.

But we do need to come to a consensus on this point: We don't need to be the ones to fix Twitter. Fixing Twitter is not the answer. Let's let it fall, tumble all the way. Let's let absolute power corrupt absolutely.

Here's the problem: Now that we all know how easy it is to construct a virtual global fiefdom, we run the risk of building The Next Twitter in the blink of an eye. The enablement of the construction of any oligarchy whose judicial, legislative, and prosecutorial authority can be purchased whole by one person, should have been abolished when the Declaration of Independence was signed. We committed a strategic blunder when we centralized the principal medium of public discussion around a single tradable commodity.

@Riada90 Good to have you aboard, John!

@jperlow I'll actually be able to take several weeks off. Not by choice, mind you.

Hello to all my new followers, and my sincere thanks to my former Data Center Knowledge colleague, and my very good friend, Christine Hall @BrideOfLinux for finding something about me worth following.

It's at a time like this on a Friday night a little over a week from #Christmas, one week after being laid off, that one comes to one's realization that we in the tech content business may spend more time concentrating on tech, at the expense of the people behind it. Technology isn't a product that people just reproduce from a template, and that fewer people would only reproduce slightly more slowly. Technology is an expression, a medium not only for artistry but that is artistry. Reduce the size of your choir by half, and you don't only lose its volume - you sacrifice a degree of its harmony.

A lot of really good artists find themselves unemployed this season, many of them laid off from my old company along with me. While some journalists lament the sudden termination of their Twitter - a loss I pre-emptively assumed for myself without lament - the real story is here. Technology is lesser today than it was a few weeks ago.

-Scott "I Had a Numeral in Their Name Before They Did" Fulton III

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