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   Luis Villa (luis_in_brief@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 07-Apr-2023 03:28:48 JST Luis Villa

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   • Michael Tae Sweeney

   @mtsw God, this has been driving me nuts. So many people who swore up and down they were really, really into fighting bad things, and when asked to sacrifice *posting to an audience that he immediately demonstrated was small and shrinking*… whoa, whoa, I can’t sacrifice *that*.

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     Michael Tae Sweeney (mtsw@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 07-Apr-2023 03:28:49 JST Michael Tae Sweeney

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     "I won't support Elon Musk under any circumstances, but I want to post on Twitter, therefore posting on Twitter does not support Elon Musk. QED!"

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     Michael Tae Sweeney (mtsw@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 07-Apr-2023 03:28:49 JST Michael Tae Sweeney

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     I'm really torn on people who know staying on Twitter is wrong between thinking it's advantageous to admit that, yes, it totally sucks that he has bought the site and forced us into this mess, and also saying the ask here (merely stop posting) is so unimaginably small and tiny.

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     Michael Tae Sweeney (mtsw@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 07-Apr-2023 03:28:50 JST Michael Tae Sweeney

     Basically indistinguishable from the rationalizations people come up with to backslide on quitting smoking:

     https://andy-bell.co.uk/i-think-im-not-alone-that-mastodon-is-giving-me-the-ick/