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@gilduran.com@bsky.brid.gy · 3 hours ago

It's official! I'm *permanently* banned from X for tweeting "TLDR: Fascism." (appeal denied) What an honor—and a sign that the Silicon Valley billionaires feel threatened by my book. (One of my final viral posts featured this cover.) Pre-order here! www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:waplkqr2wuy2c4qbge6h6ed4/post/3mjwqsyj54s2a

Cover for Gil Duran's forthcoming book, "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War On Democracy." Red background with computer circuitry, words in black and white letters.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:waplkqr2wuy2c4qbge6h6ed4/post/3mjwqsyj54s2a

Gil Durán

@gilduran.com@bsky.brid.gy · 2 weeks ago

The CEO of Palantir posted a fascist manifesto on X. I pointed out that it was fascist—which resulted in a permanent suspension from X (my second time!). So, when you hear the tweeters complaining that BlueSky is intolerant, remember why many of us came here in the first place.

Beachbum

@Beachbum@mastodon.sdf.org · 2 hours ago

@gilduran.com you should be on Mastodon.

Ramesh #NotGoingBack

@rameshgupta@mastodon.social · 3 hours ago

⬆️ @gilduran.com

You seem to regret losing access to X #Twitter.

That you depended on #fascists for succor for so long means your book is a no go for me.

I can't imagine you appealed for reinstatement. A lot of us left out of disgust and never looked back.

Even your presence on #Mastodon is #bridged — meaning you are here in a half-hearted way and might not even see my reply, much less respond to it. In fact, your bio explicitly puts the onus on us to visit you somewhere else

Ramesh #NotGoingBack

@rameshgupta@mastodon.social · 3 hours ago

⬆️ @gilduran.com

>> Even your presence on #Mastodon is #bridged — meaning you are here in a half-hearted way and might not even see my reply, much less respond to it.

If you are a #Twitter refugee and are now trying out #Mastodon, welcome!

If you are just exploiting Mastodon for eyeballs, trying to sell your book, but you don't want to be part of the community, think again 👀

If you were previously a refugee on Mastodon and THEN went to #BlueSky and #bridged back here, F*CK OFF

Mastodon Migration

@mastodonmigration@mastodon.online · 2 hours ago

@rameshgupta @gilduran.com

@gilduran (Mastodon account) which had been dormant for a while, briefly posted here last week, but seems to have gone quiet again.

Guess the Bsky corporate influencer gravity is just too strong. Feel like this is one person who should be helping build public social media purely to demonstrate the courage of his convictions. 🤷

Ramesh #NotGoingBack

@rameshgupta@mastodon.social · 2 hours ago

⬆️ >> Feel like this is one person who should be helping build public social media purely to demonstrate the courage of his convictions. 🤷

I followed his account for his content, which is great!

But I did not read his bio and I rarely care about people's bio. For me, it's always "Show, not tell"

You're right that this account could be a great influencer. He claims to have had 30000 followers on the #HellSite.

Gil, would you please join?

@mastodonmigration @gilduran.com @gilduran

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