#Enshittification is the process by which a #platform lures in and then captures end users (stage one), who serve as bait for business customers, who are also captured (stage two), whereupon the platform rug-pulls both groups and allocates all the value they generate and exchange to itself (stage three):
If you're still using #Twitter, how do justify it? When is enough going to be enough? By continuing to use the #platform, you are supporting and contributing to the funding of #whiteSupremacists and actual #Nazis through #Elon's profit sharing program. You are co-signing to all the horrible shit Elon is doing. There's no good reason to continue playing a part in the harm Elon's actions are causing. Pack your shit and leave.
It is frightening to see how #journalists (even those supposedly knowing about #media, like #MargaretSullivan@TheGuardian) realise how and why #Twitter failed them and us as a digital public space but entirely fail to draw any meaningful conclusions for themselves. Instead they willingly stumble into the next #platform dependency that will harm independent #journalism and degrade public discourse.
After 13 months I've decided to shut down my single-user Mastodon cluster and join a big server. Sooo, time for a new #introduction!
My name's Chris. I'm a native Texan but I've lived in the United Kingdom for around 29 years.
I'm a proud alumni of #TheOpenUniversity and holder of a BSc in Environmental Management and Technology that I gained mostly for fun.
In those almost 3 decades, I've worked across the entire spectrum of enterprise IT from development to operations and ending up somewhere in between.
I currently run my own limited company as a consultant (freelance) #DevOps / #platform engineer and #cloud architect and I look for contracts focussing on #kubernetes and/or #terraform.
Interested in #contentmoderation? The EU is inviting researchers to develop tools to make use of #platform#transparency data under the #DSA: https://hackathon.peren.fr/ (can't link directly to the English version for some reason, switch to English in top right corner in desktop view)
A cabal of notorious and/or legendary #european#legislative#transparency orgs and people is looking for someone who can build an #online#platform. Are you made of the material that is worthy of joining this Oceans eleven of democratic badassery? Do you know someone? Pls boost #fedihire#development
#ElonMusk appears to be fully committed to destroying the #platform he hilariously paid $54 billion for. I guess he didn't think #advertisers were fleeing fast enough. 🤷♂️
"We 1st discuss the current state of #platform#governance scholarship, followed by background on #Mastodon. We then explain #covenantalfederalist political theory, followed by an examination of Mastodon’s #covenant. Such an approach will clarify an alarming case in Mastodon’s history: the intrusion of the alt-right platform Gab into the Mastodon. We conclude with critiques of Mastodon’s covenantal approach and calls for further research." https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2022.2147400
Yes, the company went public. No, it is not a financial success—or even a lifeboat.
Debuting on the charts w/a “DJT” ticker, #TrumpMedia saw a 55% surge in valuation right after markets opened.
Huge influx of cash, right? w/Trump holding ~79M shares, equating to 58% of available stock, the #SPAC debut balloons his #NetWorth by nearly $5B; there were ~136M shares outstanding post-merger.
Considering TruthSocial remains a free platform that’s financially dependent on ads…to buy, uh, collectible gold coins of #Trump’s mugshot & pillows manufactured by a broke #ElectionDenier, there’s no real financial lifeline on the horizon. +there are no incentives for more lucrative advertisers, seeing as the 2-yr-old #platform only commands ~5M active users, lost 39% of its active user base over the past yr, & has persistently seen reduced traffic & download numbers from its peak….
#MaziPilip, #GOPcandidate running to replace the seat vacated by #GeorgeSantos has not provided much of a #platform & refuses to answer reporters questions on her stance on #abortion (not that MsM even asks, others do). Pilip continues to not speak publicly and has turned down all requests for #debates (which are traditional) against Democrat #TomSuozzi.
In contrast, #Musk had posted >20X this yr about #Trump. In those posts, #ElonMusk defended Trump, arguing that he is a #victim of #media & prosecutorial #bias in the #criminal cases that Trump faces.
Musk’s posts…signal…a willingness to tip the #political scales as the owner of an influential #SocialMedia#platform, something that no other leader of a social media firm has done. And Musk exerts outsize #influence over the political discourse on X, where he regularly posts to his 184M followers
Chromavescence by Barney (maybebarney.itch.io)
A mind-bending reality platformer