There's an interesting line in here, "...the novelist Jami Attenberg told me. She continued, “I think your loyalty is to your community; it’s not to the platform. I’m not in service of the people who are providing the technology.”
Now, maybe context has been cut or something, but it's not an either/or choice. You can open an account on a new platform and keep your old one.Why would you feel loyal to people who can't be arsed to open an account on a different platform?
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/the-case-for-quitting-elon-musks-twitter
Actually, here's another f-ed up bit
"Chris Black, the co-host of the podcast “How Long Gone” and a prolific tweeter, argued that the people threatening to leave are merely virtue-signalling. “Being anti-Elon is more important to them than continuing to use a platform they enjoy,” Black said"
Supporting a person whose views you find abhorrent doesn't affect enjoyment? Would he say the same if Musk were a rapist or something?
This whole article is coming across as more than a bit sus now, tbh
Sorry, I'm from the #UK. I know the media landscape here, the biases of various news outlets and whatnot, I'm less familar with the US. Is The New Yorker normally this dickish?
Hi @66ALW99 ! First, an answer. I don't like them so I think I'd vote yes on the dickish call.
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@NihilVidere I wonder if there may be legal influences at play? I can imagine that the general population (including judges) understand social media and algorithms slightly better nowadays and would look for a non-algorithmic scapegoat when legal shit hits the fan
@NihilVidere Thanks - I don't often use the desktop version ( only on here tonight due to a long tale about multiple email accounts, forgotten passwords and other intrigue), but I'll look into that plugin 🙂
@66ALW99 Now that I see the color of the link by showing your thread, its green, which means satire. Odd. Still don't like the 'zine though.