Wrote about the ~current state~ of social media, and why Mastodon, while far from perfect, is pretty much the only decent app left standing at this point
Los Angeles Times
Column: A few sick days made it clear — Twitter is dying, and so is social media as we know itSocial media is dying after the implosion of Twitter. Threads, Bluesky and Mastodon are trying to replace X but are coming up short. Maybe that's OK.