Robert J. Hansen

Personal account, opinions are my own. ∃_RT: RT ⇏ endorsements.

Mastodon: @[email protected] (personal) @[email protected] (more professional-ish)

[Robert J. Hansen @robertjhansen]

Y'all know where to find me. My account here will continue to exist, my past tweets will stay up, but I'm gone.

You can join me if you want.

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[Robert J. Hansen @robertjhansen]

So, there's a new Twitter policy about competing social networks. In essence, it's really simple: "don't talk about them and don't advertise your presence on them."

This is for me the last straw. Here's why:

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[Robert J. Hansen @robertjhansen]

Don't fall for it.

Just leave.

I was giving Elon's Twitter a shot to see if something better could develop from the current wreckage. But for so long as this policy exists, Twitter is actively harmful to your most fundamental civil right.

And it's time for you to leave.

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[Robert J. Hansen @robertjhansen]

@JeanThoensen Still here. Still listening.

[Robert J. Hansen @robertjhansen]

Stop talking about Twitter. The more you talk about Twitter, even if you leave Twitter, the more oxygen you give it. Stop talking about it, stop using it.

One of the most important parts of any exodus is: you don't look back.

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[Robert J. Hansen @robertjhansen]

Since everybody has an opinion about What To Do About Twitter, here's my own radical recommendation:

Nothing.

1/ , but really, you could stop reading now if you wanted to.

[Robert J. Hansen @robertjhansen]

Leave your tweets up. Your tweets are part of history. Don't destroy history in your desire to hurt Musk.

Go somewhere else, like Mastodon. Find your people. Encourage your people to leave Twitter.

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[Robert J. Hansen @robertjhansen]

@TheWizardTower I don't disagree that the FBI is shaming itself. There's absolutely room to be outraged.

But they're not the KGB.

[Robert J. Hansen @robertjhansen]

@reidatcheson I understand: I was just playing the humor card. :)

[Robert J. Hansen @robertjhansen]

@FitzPlanet @StephenJamesUS @SusanBassi Please, everyone in this thread, STOP TAGGING ME ON THIS. I am not the Robert Hansen you're thinking of. I said this days ago. My notifications are being filled with this and I have nothing to do with it. Please, just remove me from your follow-ups!

[Robert J. Hansen @robertjhansen]

As a reminder to people: you can find me as rjh on mastodon dot online, or on https://t.co/7lHQjpc1cq . The first is my professional(ish) account, the second is my personal.

[Robert J. Hansen @robertjhansen]

Peace to all. Thanks for reading. And remember, I'm not going anywhere. :)

10/10

[Robert J. Hansen @robertjhansen]

I'm not leaving Twitter but I'm going to be radically dialing back my involvement. The short version is post-takeover the parts I most dislike have grown stronger and much that I liked has vanished.

The long version?

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[Robert J. Hansen @robertjhansen]

Just have the common sense to know who's your mortal enemy and who's not. For those who aren't, even if they disagree with you, give them the same charitable reading you'd give your allies.

Do that and I'll very probably engage. :)

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