Veteran tech journalist Walt Mossberg announced on Tuesday he was deactivating his X (formerly known as Twitter) account, saying Elon Musk’s takeover of the site turned it into a “cesspool.”
Mr Mossberg is a well-respected name and expert in the US tech writing industry, who also co-founded media sites such as Recode and AllThingsD. He announced his boycotting of X on Meta’s new platform Threads, saying his reasons revolve around business tycoon Mr Musk’s threats to sue the Anti-Defemation League (ADL).
Someone in another thread said he has a mastodon account. Dunno if he posts there or not.
He looks over 60, so he likely saw all the trans people and rainbows thriving there and his innate Boomer deep fear of something novel and amazing and different took over.
Are they still thriving there? I’ve seen a few, but there seems to be way more on bluesky.
How is that possible when it’s still invite-only and closed to the general public?
It’s not closed to the general public, any member of the general public can join as long as you get an invite. I’m not sure how to get invites as I don’t interact with BlueSky much, but I was invited by my brother and he’s nothing special on the Internet.
Why would that prevent them from moving and thriving? They just invite their friends.
I’ve seen a few posts from folks complaining about the culture on mastodon and effectively getting harassed there.