@umairh Raises great points.
But Medium is NO substitute for the egalitarian public platform Twitter has provided!
Medium’s paywall—and its requirement that posts be long form and “professional-caliber”—preclude its being a good communication or political organizing tool for us peons.
But Medium is NO substitute for the egalitarian public platform Twitter has provided!
Medium’s paywall—and its requirement that posts be long form and “professional-caliber”—preclude its being a good communication or political organizing tool for us peons.
@umairh Can just anyone post a 280-character comment or a 25-comment thread on Medium—for free?
Can everyone who wants to do so on a given day or in a given hour do so?
Can everyone who might want to read such things do so—for free?
If not “yes” to all three, then no dice.
Can everyone who wants to do so on a given day or in a given hour do so?
Can everyone who might want to read such things do so—for free?
If not “yes” to all three, then no dice.
@umairh And also, any platform that doesn’t provide free space—to an unlimited number of users every day—for promoting business startups or the work of aspiring creatives or crowdfunding appeals or mutual aid or advice…
is no substitute for the #Twitter we know and love.
is no substitute for the #Twitter we know and love.
@umairh Will we be set back 30 years—back to a time when the only way anyone who wasn’t already “in the game” and/or rich could reach even a small public was to get published by a gatekeeping paper or mag, photocopy flyers or chapbooks to leave in coffeehouses, or call in to talk radio?
@umairh This is like when conservative moguls and corporations bought up most of the “alternative” weeklies.
They promised that nothing would change.
Then everything changed—for the worse.
And now most of those publications are gone, or struggling, or vehicles for corporate propaganda.
They promised that nothing would change.
Then everything changed—for the worse.
And now most of those publications are gone, or struggling, or vehicles for corporate propaganda.
@umairh And we already know what conservative and corporate buyouts have done to formerly top-tier legacy media and new media.
And those weren’t even true public forums, accessible to any grassroots activist or entrepreneur or aspiring content creator in search of exposure.
Twitter was.
And those weren’t even true public forums, accessible to any grassroots activist or entrepreneur or aspiring content creator in search of exposure.
Twitter was.
@umairh Does anybody know of a site or platform that has thousands of readers, AND that will carry my 2,000-word essay on ANY topic, expressing ANY point of view, ANY time I want, EVERY time?
Or that will at least carry my 280-character post with a link to said essay—ANY and EVERY time?
Or that will at least carry my 280-character post with a link to said essay—ANY and EVERY time?
@umairh No?
That’s what I thought.
Oh well; I’ll say these things here and now, while I still can:
#VoteBlue
#UnionStrong
#ReformCapitalism
#ElonMusk [Censored]
#Tesla [Censored]
#SpaceX [Censored]
#PayPal [Censored]
#ElonMuskTwitter [Censored]
(Uh…have I been shadowbanned yet?)
That’s what I thought.
Oh well; I’ll say these things here and now, while I still can:
#VoteBlue
#UnionStrong
#ReformCapitalism
#ElonMusk [Censored]
#Tesla [Censored]
#SpaceX [Censored]
#PayPal [Censored]
#ElonMuskTwitter [Censored]
(Uh…have I been shadowbanned yet?)
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