[liberationtech] Wealthy entrepreneurs ask whether you would use a Liberationtech-friendly Twitter clone?

[Jillian C. York]

While I would certainly welcome a Twitter clone, I'd be really hesitant
about calling any social media platform "liberation" technology at this
point. I think we've all witnessed that this tech is/can be/will be
utilized just as much by malicious actors as by liberatory ones, regardless
of the policies implemented or content moderation strategies employed.

On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 12:35 AM Yosem Companys <ycompanys at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Liberation Technology community,
>
> A group of wealthy serial entrepreneurs who built a Twitter clone to
> foster civic democracy in the 2020 elections just reached out to me to ask
> whether you would be interested in using a Liberationtech-friendly Twitter
> clone now that Elon Musk has bought Twitter. They want to know the
> following:
>
>    - Would you use a Liberationtech-friendly Twitter clone?
>    - What would make you want to use it? Conversely, what would make you
>    NOT want to use it?
>    - What would you name it? They said they might even be open to calling
>    it Liberationtech, if there were enough interest.
>
> Thank you,
> Yosem
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