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> very vocal about Github on X I really wish an open-source developer of his caliber would also migrate to a serious microblogging service which isn't so openl

> very vocal about Github on X I really wish an open-source developer of his caliber would also migrate to a serious microblogging service which isn't so openly hostile to truth and civility. Ending the sticky network effect of an evil service starts with its biggest, most prolific users migrating away.

atonse 6mo ago
It's all about who you follow. My feed is mostly AI people, entrepreneurs and nerds. Some political stuff gets through, but otherwise, I'm glad to be back on X in the last few months (I left a few years ago in disgust over the insane politics because even nerds were only talking politics).
- Klonoar 6mo ago
  No, that’s just solving for you. The person you are responding to is asking for an ethical stand; just because you can ignore it doesn’t mean it’s not there. This is the same bullshit that people bring up with Facebook, there’s no reason we can’t apply the same rubric to Twitter.
  - atonse 6mo ago
    Sorry, I don't follow. Are you saying that he should leave a social network website because some of its users are bad? Or that the people that run the website are bad? And also, there's some alternate microblogging site that is less hostile to truth and civility? Which site is that?
    - baggachipz 6mo ago
      Lots of the users are bad, but the owner specifically tweaks and changes the algorithm to suit his own agenda and push his stance. That's what makes it an unserious platform. > And also, there's some alternate microblogging site that is less hostile to truth and civility? Which site is that? Mastodon, by definition. Any hostile instance can be left for a better one.
Karrot_Kream 6mo ago
It's not about the technology, it's about the people. The initial people on your network matter. The moderators matter too. That's just a very different job than writing and shipping code.
ghthor 6mo ago
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer
mvdwoord 6mo ago
I see your point, but the last few (services) that tried seemed to have become even worse?
martiuk 6mo ago
I find the alternatives more likely to ban/censor than X. Bluesky is definitely not civil to those with the "wrong" opinions, despite what proponents of the service say.
r_lee 6mo ago
he's not one of its "biggest, most prolific users" moving away from X would just result in less visibility

atonse 6mo ago

It's all about who you follow. My feed is mostly AI people, entrepreneurs and nerds. Some political stuff gets through, but otherwise, I'm glad to be back on X in the last few months (I left a few years ago in disgust over the insane politics because even nerds were only talking politics).

Klonoar 6mo ago
No, that’s just solving for you. The person you are responding to is asking for an ethical stand; just because you can ignore it doesn’t mean it’s not there. This is the same bullshit that people bring up with Facebook, there’s no reason we can’t apply the same rubric to Twitter.
- atonse 6mo ago
  Sorry, I don't follow. Are you saying that he should leave a social network website because some of its users are bad? Or that the people that run the website are bad? And also, there's some alternate microblogging site that is less hostile to truth and civility? Which site is that?
  - baggachipz 6mo ago
    Lots of the users are bad, but the owner specifically tweaks and changes the algorithm to suit his own agenda and push his stance. That's what makes it an unserious platform. > And also, there's some alternate microblogging site that is less hostile to truth and civility? Which site is that? Mastodon, by definition. Any hostile instance can be left for a better one.

Karrot_Kream 6mo ago

It's not about the technology, it's about the people. The initial people on your network matter. The moderators matter too. That's just a very different job than writing and shipping code.

ghthor 6mo ago

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer

mvdwoord 6mo ago

I see your point, but the last few (services) that tried seemed to have become even worse?

martiuk 6mo ago

I find the alternatives more likely to ban/censor than X. Bluesky is definitely not civil to those with the "wrong" opinions, despite what proponents of the service say.

r_lee 6mo ago

he's not one of its "biggest, most prolific users" moving away from X would just result in less visibility