The Egoloon does not like freedom of the press and John Mastodon materializes

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Mastodon Migration

Who is Taylor Lorenz and why should we care?

She's a technology columnist for the Washington Post, suspended this evening from Twitter apparently for asking Musk to comment on a story involving Musk. Musk is demonstrating that he can extort censorship from the media with the ban hammer. Taylor was targeted to be an example. Other journalists are put on notice it's not them...this time, and reminded to toe the line. This is about press freedom. That's why we all should care.

" target="_blank">Casey Newton

Twitter banned @taylorlorenz for … asking Elon for comment?? Embarrassing

" target="_blank">Taylor Lorenz
Mediaite right wing writer Isaac Schorr misread the Twitter account @joinmastodon as "John Mastodon," and referred to him as the founder of the platform in his article https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/hypocrisy-and-fear-all-the-way-down-at-twitter/

Mike Galsworthy

If you're wondering what the #JohnMastodon thing is about...

...here you go. Captured by the Wayback Machine for you, as the author has since realised he'd misread the Join Mastodon account name. 😂

And thusly, the legend of John Mastodon is born.

Pro Publica

Our publication has a long history with #JohnMastodon

He went to college with our illustrious founder, P.R. O'Publica

Duane O'Brien

A front page article on the Washington Post telling people how to get started with Mastodon?

That’s a big deal.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/17/how-to-join-mastodon/
A guide to getting started with Twitter alternative Mastodon

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1. What are we fighting for?

Marcus Hutchins

I really despise this idea some people have about the need to stay on Twitter "to fight". To fight what? This isn't a war where ground is won or lost. The platform is wholly and unquestionably owned by the person you're trying to fight against. He has shown he doesn't care about loss of advertisers, loss of respect, loss of users. Twitter is now nothing but his personal alt-right cult. The only valid reason to stay is to assist others in leaving. If you're generating any other forms of content, you're simply enabling him to radicalize *your* userbase.

[markie]

2. ...

[Timewas]

5. YES n/t

[Tommymac]

3. Nice. Thanks for the link to the article - it reads good.

Best non technical article I've read about the different 'servers' Mastodon uses and how to leverage tehm.

Must read for those not so technically skilled.

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6. Surprised me that it was the Washington Post, but then they're suffering from muskrat, too.

[SheltieLover]

4. Kicking for visibility

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7. Follow-ups from Taylor Lorenz

" target="_blank">Taylor Lorenz

I can’t believe Elon Musk banned for tweeting this 😵?💫 #twitter #elonmusk #twittermigaration #twitterexodus #tech #technews #journalist

" target="_blank">Taylor Lorenz

Anyone still on twitter please tell people to follow me here!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 I didn’t have a chance to post about my Mostodon bc Musk was banning links to it #twitter #tech #technews #twitterexodus #TwitterMiragration

" target="_blank">Taylor Lorenz

I wrote about why I was banned from Twitter after reaching out to Musk for comment for a story https://taylorlorenz.substack.com/p/elon-musk-banned-me-from-twitter

" target="_blank">Taylor Lorenz

Earlier today Elon Musk said that my ban was temporary, 45 min later he denied my appeal to reinstate my account and confirmed that I am *permanently* banned. The email I just received says the decision cannot be reversed.
I have never once violated Twitters rules or terms of service. I’ve never had a single tweet flagged, my account was permanently banned with no warning and with no reason, after I reached out to Musk for comment.
#twittermigration #twitterexodus #twitter #tech #news #technews

" target="_blank">Taylor Lorenz

This is apparently the tweet that led to my suspension from Twitter. Right as I was reinstated they announced a new policy that they apparently found me to have retroactively violated
#twittermigration #twitterexodus #twitter #news #elonmusk #tech #technews #technology