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If Elon would migrate Twitter onto Mastodon, with the post history and all, now that would be a change for the history books. It would change social networks fo

If Elon would migrate Twitter onto Mastodon, with the post history and all, now that would be a change for the history books. It would change social networks forever.

hedora 4y ago
Ars Technica ran a "how to download your twitter account" article on Friday. Surely, there is a way to upload it you your own mastodon instance, right?
xyzzy123 4y ago
Without some way to capture value it would also be one of the biggest acts of capital destruction in recent tech history.
- quickthrower2 4y ago
  Banks would hate him! They might even sue him.
plazmatic 4y ago
mattacular 4y ago
Why would he do that. What about anything he's ever done makes you think that is even a remote possibility
- qwertox 4y ago
  He did make Tesla's patens available for anyone to use for free. Also, with its weight, Twitter would become the first popular open social network, a beacon among them. It would still be a very valuable brand.
  - mattacular 4y ago
    He was sued into buying it for way more than it was worth. The first changed announced so far (in addition to printed code reviews by senior Tesla engineers) is to charge a subscription fee for verification.
collegeburner 4y ago
how is he supposed to pay off a huge LBO by making it harder to monetize?
- neetdeth 4y ago
  The iMessage model? Somehow make having a Twitter brand Twitter account into a status symbol. Turn the screws on monetization while giving the product away for free to VIPs. Banish the poors and undesirables to the fediverse, where they can green tweet as long as they like.
  - collegeburner 4y ago
    the imessage model works because its a "status symbol" that actually isn't: the majority of people in America have the blue bubble (and way more among demographics that care). this in turn enables building cool extra features because it's a "status symbol" but actually common enough for them to work, even though both parties have to have an iphone. this produces a network effect, almost like a social media platform..... oh wait
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If Elon would migrate Twitter onto Mastodon, with the post history and all, now that would be a change for the history books. It would change social networks forever.

hedora 4y ago

Ars Technica ran a "how to download your twitter account" article on Friday. Surely, there is a way to upload it you your own mastodon instance, right?

xyzzy123 4y ago

Without some way to capture value it would also be one of the biggest acts of capital destruction in recent tech history.

quickthrower2 4y ago
Banks would hate him! They might even sue him.

plazmatic 4y ago

mattacular 4y ago

Why would he do that. What about anything he's ever done makes you think that is even a remote possibility

qwertox 4y ago
He did make Tesla's patens available for anyone to use for free. Also, with its weight, Twitter would become the first popular open social network, a beacon among them. It would still be a very valuable brand.
- mattacular 4y ago
  He was sued into buying it for way more than it was worth. The first changed announced so far (in addition to printed code reviews by senior Tesla engineers) is to charge a subscription fee for verification.

collegeburner 4y ago

how is he supposed to pay off a huge LBO by making it harder to monetize?

neetdeth 4y ago
The iMessage model? Somehow make having a Twitter brand Twitter account into a status symbol. Turn the screws on monetization while giving the product away for free to VIPs. Banish the poors and undesirables to the fediverse, where they can green tweet as long as they like.
- collegeburner 4y ago
  the imessage model works because its a "status symbol" that actually isn't: the majority of people in America have the blue bubble (and way more among demographics that care). this in turn enables building cool extra features because it's a "status symbol" but actually common enough for them to work, even though both parties have to have an iphone. this produces a network effect, almost like a social media platform..... oh wait

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