Notices by Jeff Kosseff (jkosseff@mastodon.social)

It’s here! The first printing of my book, which reflects more than two years of research, writing, rewriting, worrying, and more rewriting.

Lawyers-please stop with this bad advice. Was not correct in the late 90s. Not correct now.

I began regularly tweeting in 2019, first just to promote my books. This month I decided to stop tweeting not for any political reason or to make a statement, but because the product had degraded. My feed was filled with a bunch of nonsense that wasn’t fun to wade through. As a consumer (and content creator), I decided to go elsewhere. And that is exactly how it should be: platforms should be free to decide how to moderate, and consumers should be free to decide whether to go elsewhere.

One person suggested that I left Twitter because I don’t value free speech. That is not the case. Twitter can decide what speech to distribute. And I can decide whether I want to read that speech.

If you’re really that angry about Twitter’s new policies, you might consider *not* providing Twitter with new content, no matter how amazed you are by a soccer game.

Many authoritarian countries would be thrilled if Twitter verified the identities of all users.

RT @mmasnick@twitter.com

Maybe instead of YOU trying to think up "the least bad solution" you should TALK TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE STUDIED THIS ISSUE FOR OVER A DECADE. This issue has been studied. Repeatedly.

And your "least bad" idea puts people at tremendous risk.

??: https://twitter.com/mmasnick/status/1593855170957279232