@nullifidian Elon's not even a fun baddie like Goldfinger. He's a boring tycoon like Elliott Carver in Tomorrow Never Dies or Dominic Greene in Quantum of Solace.

@happysinger I guess he could be considered "fun" in the "rubbernecking a not-serious car crash where a mini ends up in a tree next to a bemused cat" kind of way. 🤷

@nullifidian I'm amused because I'm hopeful there's a backup here. But Twitter, especially early Twitter, was special. I want this to succeed for a few reasons, but mainly because I want to be with you lot. If that's the case, I'm happy to see Twitter burn due to Musk's insecure hubris.

@happysinger I felt that way about Tumblr too, until it turned into the current hellscape: I loved the idea of microblogging (and I kind of get some of that feeling back here) so I have some "hopes".

@nullifidian You know the whole thing about the internet routing around damage? I think Community does that too.

@nullifidian I consciously chose the adjective "formidable" to describe network effects earlier. It's not "unassailable". It's bloody hard to switch from Facebook or Twitter. But not quite impossible. And here we're moving to something at least incrementally better.

@happysinger Personally, I found dumping Facebook to be one of the best things I ever did. The wife still uses it, and when I've looked at hers, its become even more of a toxic commercial shithole than I could have ever imagined.

@nullifidian It's postapocalyptic. I use it for trolling and staying in touch with a few remaining cohorts I care about. But I have zero emotional attachment to it and don't contribute content.