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Why Facebook? It can't be _that_ much safer than Twitter. Surely he's got his own website, or could make one for the ElonJet bot.

by branon 4y ago

Dma54rhs 4y ago
Looks like the autor has a website, it's in FB profile.
- toomuchtodo 4y ago
  elonjet.net which 302 redirects to https://grndcntrl.net/ https://grndcntrl.net/ No RSS feed or mailing list subscription option yet unfortunately.
  - abirch 4y ago
    The account is on Mastodon so append a .rss and viola https://mastodon.social/@elonjet.rss https://mastodon.social/@elonjet.rss
    - toomuchtodo 4y ago
      chef kiss
squarefoot 4y ago
Assuming it lasts for some time, it would however show to a wide audience that a page that isn't blocked on Facebook is on Twitter, revealing the real weight of Elon's brags about free speech. I avoid social media, including Facebook, like dead rats, but this could be a good move.
- deleted 4y ago
  [deleted]
eloisant 4y ago
Yes, a self-hosted Mastodon instance would be the most obvious alternative to Twitter.
- chinathrow 4y ago
  No, you need to be where your non-tech audience is.
ltbarcly3 4y ago
Because companies killed the ability to subscribe outside of their walled gardens when they killed off RSS. This was a strategy they executed and were successful.
- sofixa 4y ago
  Nobody has "killed off" RSS. It still exists - there are still plenty of RSS clients of all varieties, and many blogs/websites, including YouTube, provide RSS feeds.
  - ltbarcly3 4y ago
    Youtube hasn't killed off RSS yet but you have to go way out of your way to find feeds. They will kill it as soon as they can do it without causing too much of a stir, it's certainly Google's overall strategy to discontinue RSS.
    - sofixa 4y ago
      > They will kill it as soon as they can do it without causing too much of a stir, it's certainly Google's overall strategy to discontinue RSS. I've been hearing this for literally more than 5 years. Nothing was stopping them from removing it after they killed Reader, and they still haven't, a decade later.
- nativeit 4y ago
  Literally commenting from Unread RSS on an iPad, the app I use to consume all my news from a few dozen sources that range from HN to NY Times. It’s not quite as simple as it was, but it also wasn’t ever exactly ubiquitous.
pimlottc 4y ago
Because that's where people are?
abirch 4y ago
I would love if this we're on Mastodon.
- pentagrama 4y ago
  Here is on Mastodon https://mastodon.social/@elonjet https://mastodon.social/@elonjet

Why Facebook? It can't be _that_ much safer than Twitter. Surely he's got his own website, or could make one for the ElonJet bot.

by branon 4y ago

Why Facebook? It can't be _that_ much safer than Twitter. Surely he's got his own website, or could make one for the ElonJet bot.

Dma54rhs 4y ago

Looks like the autor has a website, it's in FB profile.

toomuchtodo 4y ago
elonjet.net which 302 redirects to https://grndcntrl.net/ https://grndcntrl.net/ No RSS feed or mailing list subscription option yet unfortunately.
- abirch 4y ago
  The account is on Mastodon so append a .rss and viola https://mastodon.social/@elonjet.rss https://mastodon.social/@elonjet.rss
  - toomuchtodo 4y ago
    chef kiss

squarefoot 4y ago

Assuming it lasts for some time, it would however show to a wide audience that a page that isn't blocked on Facebook is on Twitter, revealing the real weight of Elon's brags about free speech. I avoid social media, including Facebook, like dead rats, but this could be a good move.

deleted 4y ago
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eloisant 4y ago

Yes, a self-hosted Mastodon instance would be the most obvious alternative to Twitter.

chinathrow 4y ago
No, you need to be where your non-tech audience is.

ltbarcly3 4y ago

Because companies killed the ability to subscribe outside of their walled gardens when they killed off RSS. This was a strategy they executed and were successful.

sofixa 4y ago
Nobody has "killed off" RSS. It still exists - there are still plenty of RSS clients of all varieties, and many blogs/websites, including YouTube, provide RSS feeds.
- ltbarcly3 4y ago
  Youtube hasn't killed off RSS yet but you have to go way out of your way to find feeds. They will kill it as soon as they can do it without causing too much of a stir, it's certainly Google's overall strategy to discontinue RSS.
  - sofixa 4y ago
    > They will kill it as soon as they can do it without causing too much of a stir, it's certainly Google's overall strategy to discontinue RSS. I've been hearing this for literally more than 5 years. Nothing was stopping them from removing it after they killed Reader, and they still haven't, a decade later.
nativeit 4y ago
Literally commenting from Unread RSS on an iPad, the app I use to consume all my news from a few dozen sources that range from HN to NY Times. It’s not quite as simple as it was, but it also wasn’t ever exactly ubiquitous.

pimlottc 4y ago

Because that's where people are?

abirch 4y ago

I would love if this we're on Mastodon.

pentagrama 4y ago
Here is on Mastodon https://mastodon.social/@elonjet https://mastodon.social/@elonjet