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"You can post anything you like, because we are all for free speech. Here is a list of things you're allowed to like." More and more right-wing, previously banned bad people were allowed back there, like Alex Jones and Donald Trump. * Note that 'bad people' here is used from my perspective. If you love such people, you're reading the wrong blog. Twitter was renamed to the now well known 1-letter places. The x is…

Today I closed my oldest twitter account. Over 12 years worth of time there, gone. And it's good. Twitter was and is getting more radical, hate-prone and right-wing by the day. I spent less and less time there, as it was a waste of time, energy and emotional well-being. It's a strange feeling, after all that time, but also liberating. Reason to pull that plug now is Musk's announcement to take twitter out of the…

Twitter The Twitter exodus is a fact. At the same time, Mastodon is a puzzle. Many people are scared. So many servers, waiting lists, shit stuff, don't-knows and more. "Mastodon" is a collection of computers that are interconnected. So if you join e.g. Mastodon.world, you can still talk to everyone on all other servers, like Mastodon.ai, writing.exchange or toot.community. Yes, these are actual names on actual servers. You find subjects by looking for them through…