Just a quick blog post to let everyone who’s followed me on Twitter as @JimTheWhyGuy: I’ve now shifted over to Mastodon, and you can follow me here.
Fear not – you can absorb, critique, chuckle at, or throw shade at my usual wit and wisdom on all things related to technology – especially Oracle as usual, but lately more focused on Oracle APEX, Machine Learning & Analytics, and Graph & Spatial – on Mastodon instead of Twitter.
So … what happened? Well, to be perfectly honest, I simply do not know yet. Apparently a recent Tweet must have tripped some new algorithm and right in mid-posting about the happenings at UKOUG Breakthrough22, I found my handle had been permanently suspended. I’ve asked for clarification as to exactly which Twitter rules were violated, and I’ve filed numerous appeals daily, but no one has responded to explain precisely what was the root cause of the suspension.
To be 100% clear: I heartily approve of content moderation, and I hope to eventually find out what I’d tweeted that broke the rules so that I can speedily remove that content – I’m sure the folks at Twitter must be overwhelmed lately with millions of similar requests, and my heart goes out to them! – but there’s just too much to talk about these days to wait any longer.
The most interesting side effect? I’ve suddenly found an extra hour or three on my hands daily. I’m going to leverage that “found time” to focus on providing quality content to those who deserve to read it, instead of descending into social media maelstroms every few hours. Come along for the ride, my friends and colleagues – it’s a brave new world out here!
