@viticci Some recent choice words from Musk, proud owner of Twitter:

* "Anyone who opposes remigration is a traitor"

* "She is a traitor to the West, plain and simple" (in reference to a recent interviewer)

* "Deal with traitors before invaders. They are committing high treason."

* "First the traitors, then the invaders" (screenshot from Citizen Vigilante pointing gun at camera)

Per Nate Silver, Twitter is a far-right cesspit: https://www.natesilver.net/p/social-media-has-become-a-freak-show

I am sad & embarrassed on your behalf.

@viticci Absurd and vile.

There has to be a line somewhere, and honestly supporting a Nazi CSAM site and the genocidal maniac who owns is obviously way over the line.

How do you think your queer (former) audience feels about this? Or any other group being harmed by those bigots?

As a queer person, I’m done. I hope your new Nazi audience gets you the business you want, I guess, but it won’t be mine.

@viticci A fair decision - please don't be swayed by the mob. It should be plainly obvious to anyone that you don't need to agree with the politics of someone who owns a company to use the product or services that company provides. Plus: Twitter was bad for society long before Elon Musk made it even worse. (see also https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/opinion/twitter-x-woke-1-elon-musk.html?_bhlid=b7db8d9a6896987aa74d34a704d379cc27c2699a )

@viticci as someone who has worked on the business side of publishing for almost a decade, I recognize it’s hard cutting yourself off from those vibrant parts of X. Lord knows I miss the parts of X with the hardware, enthusiasts and gaming technology pundits. I just think that given your position in this community you could have done more good working to recreate spaces for those audiences to exist outside of X.

@viticci Unfollowed, sorry.

@viticci Going to change your name to AIstories next? Only crowd whose attention you’ll get on X, apart from Nazis…

@viticci I understand the reasons, & those who loathe #ElonMusk may not accept the business reality & cultural position that #X occupies right now.

I stayed on 𝕏 for business & political reasons.

𝕏 is still the fastest way to contact companies, government agencies & politicians. Also the #XMoney IntraFi banking setup is unrivaled in public access.

That said, I will continue to enthusiastically use #Fediverse apps (primarily #Mastodon, #WordPress, #Flipboard & #Threads).

@viticci perhaps it’s been tough because it feels like 80% of the stories on MacStories (on which this explanation bafflingly does not appear) are about AI agents and other such garbage. Can’t imagine that’s what people who pay for your work signed up for. Good luck courting the AI chuds, hopefully you can cultivate a new audience after slowly alienating the one you spend so many years building and developing a trust with.

@viticci hey, Federico. Thanks for the transparency and the honest assessment. Most accounts that have reopened on X haven't been this clear about it.

@viticci What rubbish. Posting to the Nazi bar for clicks for your AI grift is inexcusable. Hope it was worth burning any goodwill you had here.

@viticci yeah, no. I'm out

@viticci Good luck with your new audience.

@viticci So… you think is better to lose your Mastodon readers…

@viticci This reminds me of Apple‘s „Crushed“ ad. Back then, they did not read the room - as you said - and now you did not either.

@viticci thank you for writing this! It's a necessary step you have to take to keep Macstories going, and I, as always, will be more than happy to support the work!

@viticci Meh. Unfollowed all your accounts. Odd move of yours.

@viticci they just released normal people not on fucking masrodon

@viticci Well, I guess closemindedness and shitposting is not exclusive to X, as all the replies here prove very convincingly.

Do what is necessary for your business, Federico, and don’t listen to all the haters.

Haters gonna hate 🤷🏼‍♂️

@viticci 👎

@viticci Buh-bye.

@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

@viticci

@viticci I support you 10000%.

I’m on X too. It’s great. I wish you much success

@viticci you have sinned in the church of Mastodon, now you must pay 😂

@viticci nope. I’ll miss your blogs and podcasts but that’s inexcusable. Enjoy the nazi bar.

@viticci I hope the folks who are swearing you off and accusing you of being a fascist don’t shop at Amazon or Walmart or use Threads or Instagram, for starters.

I appreciate it was a tough decision. I hope you continue to stick to your ideals and run the business as well as you can. I’ll stay engaged.

@viticci seriously? 🙄

@viticci thanks for this — I really appreciate the time and care that went into it

@viticci Have fun hanging out with the Nazis, rapists and other scumbags! You are literally helping them grow their brand too.

To which I say: YUCK!

But hey, at least your AI girlfriends "like" you.