[dylan-m]

The new owner has a lot to say about Twitter being a "public square". Not just a public square, but the public square. In the real world, a public square works (in general) because it is owned and operated by the public, not by a single private, for-profit corporation run by a megalomaniac. Twitter was terrible to begin with and we should never have allowed it to happen, and I do kind of disagree with the idea that Musk's takeover has changed all that much at this point (beyond abusing thousands of employees and somehow politicizing the myth of the 10x developer). I think what it has done is provided a big enough spark that a lot of people noticed this is kind of a problem.

For people that use Twitter but care about their public square on the internet being slightly more sustainable and human-scale, Mastodon's model makes a lot of sense. Mastodon provides the tool for building your networks, making it possible for small organizations to run instances basically as utilities. I'm particularly excited for the co-ops I've seen in this space.

[TEP_Kim_Il_Sung]

> a single private, for-profit corporation run by a megalomaniac

Can you be a bit more specific? This literally applies to the top 6 media corporations, Amazon, several banks, and pretty much every other large corporation.

[r00fus]

The reason the wording is good is because the criticism applies to all of them.

The use by Musk of the term "public square" when he's running a private corporation on his own whims is what is causing him problems.

[ttpphd]

If you haven't noticed a difference on Twitter, you are probably cis gender. The transphobia is out of control