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[Vector]

It's difficult because Twitter, as it was before, turned out to be really good at connecting people from diverse populations all over the globe. Mastodon appears to be more siloed into communities, like almost all modern social media, in a Reddit kind of mode. With Twitter, everything was in the same place and there was still an ability to be anonymous, unlike on Facebook.

I do have a Twitter account but I've never posted there and now it's looking like I maybe never will. Too bad.

[Cathar]

This is the online equivalent of a refugee crisis.

The worst of it is, it is an ongoing crisis. I saw artists leaving dA for Tumblr in 2012, leaving Tumblr for Twitter in 2018, and now in 2022, they are also leaving Twitter. Don't know where they are going yet but they don't seem to want to stay.

I still don't think the aquisition of Twitter will be as brutal as that Tumblr episode, except if Musk tries the same trick as AT&T did by trying to lure investor by banning pornography. In which case Twitter will be burried in a matter of weeks. If one lesson has been learnt over the years, it's internet people can tolerate fascism, they can't tolerate being denied tiddies.

If there's to be a social media to emerge from that episode, it will not be facebook. I'll keep my eyes open.

[Frumple]

I still don't think the aquisition of Twitter will be as brutal as that Tumblr episode, except if Musk tries the same trick as AT&T did by trying to lure investor by banning pornography. In which case Twitter will be burried in a matter of weeks.

Last I noticed Musk seemed to think getting pissy with the COO of the largest advertising conglomerate on the planet (MMA Global) is a good idea, on top of a pile of other stuff that's just wildly unwise, so I'unno, this might be even more brutal than the tumblr episode. Dude really seems to be trying to speedrun collapsing a major social media platform.

[heydude6]

I'm surprised Elon Musk isn't taking a hands-off approach on a company he genuinely doesn't want to run. Right now, it's literally worse than if he just decided to do nothing.

[Cathar]

I wish there was a lesson to be learnt from that dumpsterfire...

"Don't sign a document engaging $44 billions dollar without reading it and while high, and if you do so try not to lower the value of your aquisition by denigrating it online, and if you do try to not force your counterparty to force you to pay through the justice system, and if that happen try not to blow up what remains by disabling moderation and antagonizing the advertizers" may be a very bitter pill to swallow...

[King Zultan]

Why not abandon that stupid twitter shit and just use this forum to post all your art?

[Great Order]

I wish there was a lesson to be learnt from that dumpsterfire...

"Don't sign a document engaging $44 billions dollar without reading it and while high, and if you do so try not to lower the value of your aquisition by denigrating it online, and if you do try to not force your counterparty to force you to pay through the justice system, and if that happen try not to blow up what remains by disabling moderation and antagonizing the advertizers" may be a very bitter pill to swallow...

"Don't be a fucking idiot" to put it simply.

[Cathar]

Why not abandon that stupid twitter shit and just use this forum to post all your art?

I do For anything that is legal for me to post here. But I am also cognisant that the forum is roughly 2000 people coming and going on a regular basis. My favourite 2000 people, yes, but quantity is a quality in its own right in art

"Don't be a fucking idiot" to put it simply.

But this is one of the core traits of the protagonist of this anime unfortunately

[King Zultan]

What kind of art do you have that's not legal to post here?

[Robsoie]

I know that Deviantart at some point had a truly massive amount of visitors if you wanted to showcase your artwork, it's free but there are also commercial features if you get one of the paid for account upgrade.

I often read about Pixiv and Pinterest when it comes to artwork showcasing, but never use those so i don't know much about them.

[Eric Blank]

What kind of art do you have that's not legal to post here?

Tiddies, probably. We're not allowed to have porn here. Or link to it.

[Magmacube_tr]

...My favourite 2000 people, yes...

Awwwww~

[MaxTheFox]

Forums are good and should have a renaissance but honestly the format just isn't ideal for e.g art publishing. Something more... interconnected is better for that.

[Starver]

....arise, Sir Usenet, your day has returned?

(Argh, probably not, it hasn't gotten over the original Eternal September and I can't see how to satisfy loads of mutually-exclusive factors in making it practical for the Twitter-generation, the infrastructure providers, the concerned authorities, etc...  But then we're worried about Musk-Twitter being too controlled (pay-for-Tick, ban-all-the-Bots, ...) and too anarchic (unban Trump&Co, firing the moderation staff, ...) and I've no idea how that particular circle is being squared, either.)

[Magmacube_tr]

Argh, probably not, it hasn't gotten over the original Eternal September..

Oh,I just remembered that Eternal September was a thing.

The current internet date is then  10659/09/1993.