John is a science and technology journalist and Space.com contributor. He received his B.A. in English and his M.A. in Computer Science from the City University of New York, Brooklyn College, and has bylines with TechRadar, Live Science, and other publications. You can find him on Twitter at @thisdotjohn or seeking out dark sky country for spectacular views of the cosmos.
Unless you've been living under a moon rock, you've likely heard that Twitter is going through some drama now that. While Musk maintains that his primary concern for the social media site is to facilitate freedom of speech and expression, others on the platform, particularly users from marginalized communities, have expressed concern that the loosening of moderation rules will lead to an increase in hate speech and misinformation.
Such fears have prompted many users to quit, or at least threaten to quit, the site entirely. And it's not just political commentators or Twitter influencers; a number of scientists, and at least one astronaut, have threatened to log off Twitter for good.Looks like my days of Twitter with a blue checkmark are coming to an end! I refuse out of principle to pay $7.99 to have a blue check mark next to my name.
People are seriously doubting the guy who can fly rockets to space and land them back on Earth can't solve social media @elonmusk#socialmedia #revolution #twitter #TwitterTakeover #twitterblades #TwitterLayoffs #TwitterMigration #TwitterBlueTick pic.twitter.
I've just set myself up on Mastodon as @[email protected]. I will be continuing to post threads on #SpaceDebris, #SpaceSustainability, #Starlink, #OneWeb, and my #MECFS journey here on Twitter & on Mastodon for the time beingMastodon has a somewhat higher technical barrier to entry for those who are used to just logging in to a single Twitter account and seeing a timeline.
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