A while back, I floated the hypothesis that Twitter might be slated for controlled demolition b/c its propaganda functions cannot remain viable if the US Empire starts taking massive L's. I am not saying this is going to be the case, but it still tracks...— American Exception (@Aaron_Good_) November 11, 2022
Another way to interpret this series of events is not that Elon entirely caused this, but that media, establishment, the billionaire class, etc etc, all took this purchase as the opportunity to stick the knife in. Pounding twitter with everything they can, supporting the workers with everything they can (that doesn’t strike you as odd?), suddenly caring about working habits and labour laws and the way Musk treats people. This outpouring of support from the media and their attack against Musk can only be interpreted as a complete turn by establishment against him and Twitter. So even if he isn’t doing this intentionally, you can still interpret this whole event as intentional on the part of the establishment.
This is the real answer. It's awfully strange how you suddenly see all these articles hyping up Mastodon when the real Twitter clone is Telegram. I'm not debating Mastodon vs Telegram, but I don't think it's a coincidence that MSM is trumpeting the merits of a particular Twitter clone instead of just putting out bland Twitter clone listicles with Mastodon and Telegram as two Twitter clones. This implies a certain degree of coordination, which implies shared interests and agreed upon goals.
The only implication I see is that Tele and Mastodon are the only two places for people to end up, I can't think of any other alternative outside of Facebook or TikTok which are already known values and probably (TikTok in particular) have seen a bit of a usage bump (since there was already plenty of overlap in the first place).
This is the real answer. It's awfully strange how you suddenly see all these articles hyping up Mastodon when the real Twitter clone is Telegram. I'm not debating Mastodon vs Telegram, but I don't think it's a coincidence that MSM is trumpeting the merits of a particular Twitter clone instead of just putting out bland Twitter clone listicles with Mastodon and Telegram as two Twitter clones. This implies a certain degree of coordination, which implies shared interests and agreed upon goals.
The only implication I see is that Tele and Mastodon are the only two places for people to end up, I can't think of any other alternative outside of Facebook or TikTok which are already known values and probably (TikTok in particular) have seen a bit of a usage bump (since there was already plenty of overlap in the first place).