Famed tech journalist (Walt Mossberg) deletes X account with epic rant at Elon Musk
Famed tech journalist (Walt Mossberg) deletes X account with epic rant at Elon Musk
www.independent.co.uk
Famed tech journalist deletes X account with epic rant at Elon Musk
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).
Mastodon: “Am I a joke to you?“ >:(
Hey Mr. Tech journalist, why don’t you write about federated communities and get off the corpo-web? Help us all out with that big name of yours I’ve never heard.
Edit: oops. That was meant to be a top level comment. Whatever.
It's all about brands. Pretty sad when a "tech expert" thinks Facebook Instagram and threads is honkey dorrey.
Someone in another thread said he has a mastodon account. Dunno if he posts there or not.
He’s been active again in the last 24 hours since deleting his twitter:
https://mastodon.world/@waltmossberg
He looks over 60, so he likely saw all the trans people and rainbows thriving there and his innate Boomer deep fear of something novel and amazing and different took over.
He did announce it there too.
Yeah leaving a "cesspool" for meta, way to give yourself credence...