@viticci gross. Do better.

@viticci As an indie developer, I deeply appreciate how you have been, and continue to be, a force for good in this world.

The world is messy and I wish you didn’t have to make this compromise. Every one of us makes a mix of decisions that help and harm the world, but what matters is the balance, which for @macstories is massively positive.

Hang in there and (huge) thank you for your work.

@viticci TLDR:

@viticci I applaud the move, the reaction to it shows how deeply people have fallen into their own algorithmic bubbles. Tribalism needs to stop. 𝕏 is one of the more politically diverse major platforms and reflects the real world far better than ideological echo chambers like Mastodon. Are there bad actors on 𝕏? Of course—but they exist on every platform. Most of the criticisms people are making about 𝕏 could just as easily be made about the internet as a whole, yet no one is abandoning that.

@viticci I’m really sorry for you having to take that decision. I know it’s been a hard choice to make between what it’s right and what the business needs. I hope it doesn’t damage MacStories reputation by a lot, and hope you will still be supporting alternative platforms like Mastodon and BlueSky.

@viticci Not ok.

@viticci It sucks for you all, getting all of this hate from this. If you ran a physical store, selling physical things, at some point a nazi might walk in, or a pedophile, or thief.. Any store operator as to still sell their goods regardless of what that person thinks.

This is no different. You’re a business trying to sell a product. None of the people posting this hate towards you will even go on Twitter to see these posts anyway.

@viticci Sad, so I’m saying goodbye here.
The info on AI was interesting, since AI is indispensable today.
But the fact that you took such a strong stand against AI, are now promoting it…

Some people try to hold on to their values, while others are only too happy to trade them for money—it's sad.

And now you actively collaborating with Nazis, this is too much.
When will you celebrate ICE and the murder of people? Next year?

@viticci Mmm… So you're looking for the american nazis' money now. Right.

There’s a reason why X is a residual network in Europe

@viticci Weak sauce 👎🏻

@viticci business is hard, especially small businesses. I don’t begrudge anyone who has to make hard choices to keep their business afloat. And TBH posting on X doesn’t seem like a hard business choice to me, it’s the logical next step for MS seeing as that’s where the AI community reside.

Ironically, all you’ll get on here is hate.

@viticci I do hope you’ll reconsider. Perhaps you won’t miss me, but I’ll miss you.

@viticci the response to this post just shows what a horrible platform Mastodon is. Just full of terrible, spiteful, hateful, judgemental virtue signaling assholes. Never seen such a miserable bunch on any other platform.

As for you Federico, I hope this is a eye opener. You were the same virtue signaling asshole like these people who are turning against you. I’m glad you’re seeing the benefit of X despite what these miserable little shits have you believe. That alone makes you 10x better than the 3 insufferable holier than you trio at Accidental Tech.

@viticci support a Nazi, call into question what it means to be a person supporting a Nazi.

@viticci bad call