Remember: I'm trans/non-binary. There is a very real concern that as hostile to folks like me as Twitter already is, that Musk makes it even _more_ hostile. -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Diller <dillera@gmail.com> To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> Cc: Dan FitzGerald <danjfitzgerald@comcast.net>, Andrew Diller < dillera@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Has anyone thought of the VCFED hosting a Mastodon instance? Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 08:46:19 -0400
On Apr 27, 2022, at 11:12 AM, Dan FitzGerald via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote: Look, I know that this probably going nowhere, but there is currentlyan interest in people posting to something other than Twitter becauseof Elon Musk. I've been on Mastodon for a couple of years, and it has
Hopefully it does go nowhere. Musk buying twitter may finally make it more balanced. Now is the time to support twitter and start tweeting more about VCF and our events and equipment. I'm personally fascinated by all the new revelations and misgivings about twitter _all of a sudden_. All of a sudden twitter is some horrible thing that will silence people - it's been doing that for years. If anything there will be less silence. Democracy dies in silence. -andy Regards, Dan FitzGerald They/Them/Theirs http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/dfitzger