[Air-L] Migration to Mastodon

[Fred Fuchs]

Here's a TechRadar article on Mastodon.

https://www.techradar.com/news/mastodon-is-a-great-twitter-alternative-but-it-needs-to-be-easier-to-sign-up

Fred

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Fred Fuchs - Founder, CEO, & Producer
FireSabre Consulting LLC

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On 11/7/2022 8:26 AM, Fred Fuchs wrote:
> On 11/7/2022 6:51 AM, Richard Forno via Air-L wrote:
>> I have a hard time *relying* on a communications platform 
>> run by a company now fully engaged in the proverbial 
>> "move fast, break things" mentality based on whatever 
>> singular whims or rage cycle its owner is in at the time 
>> a decision is made.   To wit:  They are now asking people 
>> just fired to come back, b/c nobody knew they were 
>> integral to the features Musk wanted to develop.  (Were 
>> it me, I'd say sure, but double my salary.)
>
> Sadly this is not uncommon during "regime changes" at 
> Internet tech companies. The new leadership fires far more 
> people than they should've, and then often has to hire 
> some or even many back at a significant salary increase.
>
> On top of that, some of those with good employment 
> prospects may decide to seek better opportunities. So 
> their possibly irreplaceable tech and business practices 
> knowledge is lost forever.
>
> Fred
>
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> On 11/7/2022 6:51 AM, Richard Forno via Air-L wrote:
>>
>> It's not Musk's views per se that's driven me from 
>> Twitter, but that's a major reason, sure.
>>
>> I have a hard time *relying* on a communications platform 
>> run by a company now fully engaged in the proverbial 
>> "move fast, break things" mentality based on whatever 
>> singular whims or rage cycle its owner is in at the time 
>> a decision is made.   To wit:  They are now asking people 
>> just fired to come back, b/c nobody knew they were 
>> integral to the features Musk wanted to develop. (Were it 
>> me, I'd say sure, but double my salary.)   He's also 
>> reversed other polices and views that he preached -- he 
>> was against permabans until Kathy Gifford parodied him 
>> over the weekend, so she's banned.  He's also said other 
>> people not 'clearly identifying' as parody accounts would 
>> be perma-banned. That's a far cry from his views about 
>> how the company handled other perma-bans in recent 
>> years.  The entire company -- and platform -- now feels 
>> rather unstable in many ways, and I feel sorry for the 
>> many serfs still there who will endure such chaos .... 
>> and it's only been a week!
>>
>> Heck, if I wanted to interact on a platform conducting a 
>> perpetual beta test[1], I'd use something from Google.
>>
>> -- rick
>>
>> [1] either technical or managerial
>>
>>
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