@johnvoorhees @viticci unfollowed you both

Good luck and all the best to you

@johnvoorhees @viticci the fact that this explanation about macstories *isn’t on MacStories’ website* just makes the whole weird thing even weirder. You two have fumbled this so badly. On top of MacStories feeling more like AIStories lately, this feels like a sign to unsubscribe. I don’t even necessarily care if you post to X but the way you’ve handled the walkback is so absurd that I don’t know why anyone would trust what you all do next.

@johnvoorhees @viticci I can understand you really wanting this to be true:

“We want to be absolutely clear about something: returning to X does not represent a change in our values, what MacStories or we stand for, or an endorsement of Elon Musk.”

However, that's like saying "just because I eat meat, that doesn't mean I'm not a vegetarian".

And while I'm not a vegetarian myself, I do have _some_ values. And that's why I've just cancelled my yearly Club MacStories subscription.

@johnvoorhees @viticci first, this should be ON macstories

second, while I appreciate the explanation, there's still a lot left unanswered and it truly does not explain the need to return to a platform owned and controlled by Elon Musk given who he is.

are you so desperate that you'd be willing to give Musk business to grow your site instead of finding alternate marketing vectors?

this is extremely disappointing.

@johnvoorhees @viticci Geez you owe no one an apology for making a rational decision. It’s time for the tribalism to end. Proud of you guys.

@johnvoorhees @viticci Any community is only as good as its participants. If having you both on X means a healthier tech feed for me, it’s a welcome change.

@johnvoorhees @viticci thanks for the explanation.
Not all of us have the luxury of dying on every hill.

@johnvoorhees @viticci I understand the business realities. Go with God, but I will not be joining you on X. Hopefully you will continue to post on Mastodon.

@johnvoorhees @viticci "MacStories is precious to us", but apparently not precious enough to keep it a Nazi free zone. Safe to say the only time I will be hearing either of your voices now is on Connected, and that's very dependent on how @imyke and @ismh86 take this.

Not that it seems to matter to you but I urge you to listen to those who are hurt by your support of that platform in this case.

@johnvoorhees @viticci John, have you ever sent surveys to customers who didn't renew? I would think that retaining customers is better than purely replacing customers who leave. (Not that the options are mutually exclusive.)

@johnvoorhees @viticci This should be posted on Macstories, for everyone to read.

@johnvoorhees

@viticci

Utterly shameful. I'm off to cancel my Connected subscription.

(cc @imyke)

@johnvoorhees I want an answer from you too: https://keyboards.social/@_IanOfEarth/117134160999190524

@johnvoorhees @viticci
Best of luck with that. I’m sure the nazis will be pleased.