I'm now a Mastodon only #social person. Meta/Facebook is extremely manipulative. Specifically the way they neutered #hashtags and only surface topics they deem beneficial to their bottom line. If the #ArabSpring movements happened today it would get squashed by Zuck and company.
arabspring
RE: https://social.coop/@scottjenson/116352522288234148
Oh. so this is the thread people have been talking about.
jfc.
look, i only know of Dare from Twitter & the tech scene. so that’s almost 20 years now (i joined there in 2007). Dare is like the Black unicorn of techbrolandia. he was never the guy to bring visibility to what’s newsworthy. he’s always been around to amplify techbros.
you know who was followed for what was newsworthy?
ME.
i was in the top 5 of most influential accounts during the #ArabSpring & #OccupyWallStreet
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