Hans van Zijst - hans@social.woefdram.nl

Hans van Zijst

hans@social.woefdram.nl

Professional nerd, writes in Dutch and English. Can read some German, French and Spanish too.

Location:: Netherlands

Gender:: Male

Hans van Zijst

Wed, 18 Sep 2019 15:38:33 +0200

Going to try to get my #Twitter account back tonight, even if only for a short while. Let's see how smart they are when it comes to telephone numbers.

And if that works, I think I'll post a second reaction to Huckabee's completely bullshit message, but without the word #retard.

Bye bye Twitter

Hans van Zijst

Mon, 16 Sep 2019 16:00:07 +0200 last edited: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 16:01:18 +0200

Today my #Twitter account was suspended. Yes, really.

I posted a reaction on an incredibly stupid Republican that claimed that skateboards are as dangerous as firearms. And it turns out you can't use the word #retard.

This puts me in an awkward position. Twitter suddenly demands to know my telephone number (which I'm not giving them) and the removal of said tweet before I can log in again. Removing that tweet wouldn't be all that problematic, but it sure would give a very raunchy taste in my mouth.

So I'm probably never going to be back on Twitter. Shame, I really would like to have posted a goodbye-tweet.

Mario Vavti

Tue, 17 Sep 2019 11:24:54 +0200

It's getting more ridiculous each day... Unbelievable...

Hans van Zijst

Wed, 18 Sep 2019 11:19:57 +0200

@Mario Vavti On the other hand, this could be the final push to quit #Twitter once and for all, and switch to #Hubzilla and/or #Mastodon 😉

Introduction

Hans van Zijst

Wed, 15 May 2019 21:59:25 +0200

It may be a bit late, but I think I should do the #introduction thingy.

I've used #Twitter for almost 9 years, but I dislike it for the same reasons I dislike #Google, #Facebook and other big commercial data harvesters. I've run my own DNS, web, mail, chat and other servers for some 15 years, so I decided to get "my own Facebook and Twitter" as well.

After having tried #Diaspora, #Friendica, #Hubzilla and #Mastodon, I'm now settling for Hubzilla. It may look a bit awkward and clunky when compared with Mastodon, but it does everything it should do, including talking to pretty much the entire world.

So... You'll still see me on Twitter (WoefdramCX), and I'll keep my Mastodon account @Hans van Zijst open for now, but this one here is "my" account.

#Mastodon #Hubzilla #NewHere