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Written by Dan Gillmor on 2024-08-15 at 15:27

When I stopped being active at Twitter, I had more than 45,000 followers and a moderate amount of engagement (replies, retweets, etc.).

I have a third fewer followers here, and at least 10 times the genuine engagement. Sure, some bots, but most of it is genuine -- and useful.

I no longer see what (some) people I respect are saying publicly. I miss their thoughts, and wish they'd recognize that by staying active there they are supporting a dangerous extremist.

They feel trapped. They're not.

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Written by enoch_exe_inc on 2024-08-15 at 20:52

@dangillmor By the time I was banned from Twitter, I had roughly 200 followers—and none of the engagement of this Mastodon account. If Twitter really was a town square, then it was that of the City from #Blame! except even more impossibly inhospitable.

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