X suspends account of Navalny’s wife::The widow of Alexei Navalny, Yulia Navalnaya, has had her X account restored after it was briefly suspended for unknown reasons. Meanwhile, his brother has been put on Russia’s wanted list. Listen to a Daily podcast special on the Russian opposition after Navalny’s death as you scroll.

  • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    I kind of understand Reddit, but why do people hang in there with Twatter when there are currently three grown ass alternatives?

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      9 months ago

      Heh, it took me a minute to think of a third one after Mastodon and Bluesky.

      Totally forgot about Meta’s thing.

      • UNWILLING_PARTICIPANT@sh.itjust.works
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        9 months ago

        This is called the “network effect,” so called after the Murderbot novel of the same name (recommended). It’s what makes social medias, aggregators, and service platform so “sticky.” It’s what makes platform-capitalism work.

        It also makes nice things work too, ofc.

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        9 months ago

        Many big politicians are also right-wing extremists, at least here in the US, so that makes sense.

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          9 months ago

          If only. When I ask my friends and relatives it feels like the reach of alternatives to shitty resources is nearly non-existent. We shouldn’t fool ourselves about their current popularity and promote their adoption in our peers ):