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Veteran tech journalist Walt Mossberg announced on Tuesday he was deactivating his X (formerly known as Twitter) account, saying Elon Musk’s takeover of the site turned it into a “cesspool.”

Mr Mossberg is a well-respected name and expert in the US tech writing industry, who also co-founded media sites such as Recode and AllThingsD. He announced his boycotting of X on Meta’s new platform Threads, saying his reasons revolve around business tycoon Mr Musk’s threats to sue the Anti-Defemation League (ADL).

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Just yesterday I had an interaction on Mastodon.social that gave me pause and made me question using even the Fediverse.

Someone posted about KOSA legislation coming to "protect children" from trans people like myself.

Somebody got in the conversation and had a link to an organization that actually uses the terminology "map" to refer to the people who are more properly called pedophiles.

I shut that shit down, deleted my comment, and am seriously considering deleting all of my Fediverse accounts.

Like, I'm not here to make friends, but I am not opposed to it either.

I am here to be informed, entertained, maybe sometimes outraged a little.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What do you mean by this? What's a map terminology?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Minor Attracted Person. Often used by people who are pedophiles or apologists for them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks.
I regret asking now. I didn't need to know that lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure why one comment is enough to provoke such a reaction from you? Especially since I see these pedophiles and their apologists on other social media too.