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1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 15-Dec-2022 19:42:05 EST lnxw48a1
   Official #Mastodon account suspended on #Twitter for posting a link to "Elon's Jet" account https://mastodon.social/@caseynewton/109520284997462443
   1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 15-Dec-2022 19:43:32 EST lnxw48a1

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      That's hilarious. What sparked a bunch of people to try #Mastodon in 2017? Ads on #Twitter and #Tumblr "it's like Twitter without the Nazis".
      1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 15-Dec-2022 21:22:18 EST GeniusMusing

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         @lnxw48a1
         Also:
         Thursday Night Purge: Elon Musk’s Twitter Bans Tons Of High Profile Journalists Techdirt
         https://nu.federati.net/url/288947
         
         >Well. Just after finishing that last post about Twitter banning the official Mastodon account on Twitter for tweeting about the ElonJet tracking account existing on Mastodon, it seems that whatever brakes or controls were in place at the new “free speech absolutist” Twitter have really come off. In quick succession, a whole bunch of high profile reporter accounts were suspended, including Aaron Rupar (who famously covers and quotes videos of high profile politicians), Drew Harwell from the Washington Post, Ryan Mac from the NY Times, Donie Sullivan from CNN, and Matt Binder from Mashable.
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         1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 15-Dec-2022 23:11:51 EST lnxw48a1

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            @geniusmusing I guess that means that any journalist that uses #Twitter should be opening one or more backup accounts in the #Fediverse and using it enough to be familiar and ready ... and giving their current audience enough heads up so they know where to find their chosen news sources.
         2. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 15-Dec-2022 23:16:45 EST lnxw48a1

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            @geniusmusing Also, this drastically reduces the utility of the platform. When something happens--an event, a news story, a tragedy--people turn to #Twitter because the people in the know are there. Severe weather, earthquake, flood, all of them are reported on Twitter, sometimes with links to a news or agency report. California Highway Patrol even puts its AMBER alerts there.