SOCIAL MEDIA WARS UPDATE: For me specifically, the social media platform “wars” are pretty much over, in that I’ve figured out my general intentions. Mastodon had a good start and a good audience but stopped growing a while ago. I don’t find Threads that useable, and there are other issues too. I’ll still post on those two, but they won’t be my focus. LinkedIn has gotten surprisingly good with a specific audience, and I’ll do more there. But it’s clear to me that the official alternative to Twitter/X and likely successor is Blu#sky. Whatever you decide to do here (I’m still staying for the moment and continuing to observe/assess, but my activity level and approach will be changing), I hope to see you at Blu#sky too. I still see every single day how incredibly important social media is to the struggle for better cities and city-building. Don’t give up on it. Make it work for you.