Summary

Elon Musk sparked outrage in Germany by endorsing the far-right, anti-immigrant Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party on his platform, X, claiming “only the AfD can save Germany.”

The AfD, which polls second ahead of Germany’s February snap election, has been labeled extremist by German intelligence.

Political leaders accused Musk of election interference, while others criticized his remarks as harmful. Musk later doubled down, calling for Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s resignation.

Musk’s comments align with his past support for far-right and anti-immigration figures across Europe and beyond.

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    6 days ago

    Either is better than X/Twitter for now. Bluesky is “easier” for many people. I prefer Mastodon myself, but there’s a bridge so I can follow Bluesky profiles (and vice-versa) which is nice.

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        No. They use something called the “AT Protocol” and that’s about all I know about it.

        I imagine some sort of compatibility layer could be designed, but I don’t know how much fidelity you could preserve.

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        This is false. It still has areas in which it could improve, but it is a thousand times better than twitter.

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          It’s ownership is a shadowy cabal of Billionaires (as opposed to a mutually federated network of independent sites (Mastodon) or a single, crazed, billionaire) and it’s already proven it will censor and shape discussions how those billionaires see fit.

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            Shadowy cabal? They literally list their board of directors on their FAQ…

            Jay Graber; Jeremie Miller, the inventor of Jabber/XMPP; Mike Masnick; and Kinjal Shah.

            What about a group of public figures is a shadowy cabal?

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            If true, that would still make it not quite as bad as Twitter.

            Do you have citations to support any of your claims?

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        It’s at least half a decade earlier on the enshittification timeline.

        It is better than xitter right now (almost anything is) but the earlier you quit the black-box-algorithm-skinnerbox needle, the better.