Great thread explaining the practical implications of repealing Section 230. I can also confirm the cost of dismissing frivolous lawsuits even with 230 protection.

Very excited and honored to join the Creative Commons board!

The CC licenses are part of what got me interested in the law and starting down the path to be an attorney, so this is especially meaningful.

I look forward to bringing my experience from Patreon of building for creators.

I promise you, Section 230 and "opaque algorithms" are not what got us here.

Undercutting Section 230 is the best thing we can do for a bunch of massive tech companies who are willing and eager to stifle any hint of competition at a moment's notice.

This is a distraction.

And this is assuming it's *only* intentional actions leading to default. A system crash caused by inexperienced engineers pushing buggy code would be worse.

So I've been trying to come up with an analogy to explain how embarrassing this is to non-gamers.

It's like if Mark Cuban made the Mavericks sub him in during a game, embarrassed himself on live TV, and then loudly insisted at every opportunity that he's a pro basketball player.

Also a dark day for creators as this ban throws the future of thousands of small media businesses into doubt. They now have to scramble to figure out how to keep their businesses running, pay employees etc. It's long past time for elected officials to understand how the creator economy works.

Ooh, @hankgreen.bsky.social effectively articulates the frustration I have with Twitter and Threads downranking anything that would take a user off their site.

Bluesky and Mastodon don’t do that and I’m so happy they don’t.

Look, a link! 😱😉 youtu.be/D4ghgVq9z4M

This, combined with the much better engagement here, is why creators should use Bluesky. A platform that penalizes you for linking out isn't building for creators.

When I'm asked about big picture solutions to the problems on platforms, usually referring to a complex mix of regulations and platform policies, my more pessimistic answer is that we need a few generations to live with the problems before we develop societal immunity.

It is so incredibly nice to have a social platform that values links again - a breath of fresh air in the poisoned ecosystem of the creator economy

This place is quickly becoming the art community I hoped it would be. I hope it just continues to grow and grow.

STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS is currently airing the final season on Paramount+

A comedic, animated look at the junior officers in Starfleet, and a show which loves Star Trek and Trekkie culture more than life itself.

I increasingly think Twitter (and the concept of a universal social media) was just a point in time. Return to interest based communities will be the next phase, although those communities will probably be more interconnected.

Discussing Bluesky migration in terms of liberal flight misses the simple fact that most people use social media for fun not influence and this platform, unlike X and cruddified Facebook, doesn’t feel like you’re wading through shit to reach your friends. It’s not that deep.

As an internet old who has watched countless social platforms, chat systems, and BBSes (!) rise and fall, I'm flummoxed by the current hot take that "nothing has or will come along to replace what Twitter once was." Um, hello? Social networks are always ephemeral, online and off. Join a new one!

Buy books by the people you know and like. Buy their art. Buy their music. Go to their live shows and buy their merch. If we want these things to exist in the world, we need to give money to creators.