> “Twitter was never a healthy ‘public square’ for most of us. Let’s not rewrite history while eulogizing the hellsite,” Loder wrote on Mastodon on Sunday. “Twitter was a frightening battleground where we managed barely to claw out an uneasy existence amidst the worst violent neo-Nazi extremists who constantly published our home addresses, threatened our kids’ lives, and sent hordes of racist trolls into our mentions.”

> On Mastodon, they added, “The same principles that allowed us to survive uneasily on Twitter will be required here. Community defense, thoughtful pressure on moderation policies, and eternal vigilance. There are no safe spaces but those we make safe through constant effort. We keep us safe.” Twitter, Loder says, will take a long time to die and disappear entirely, “like a rotting whale carcass.”

What if it doesn't? What if people didn't come to Twitter for the left-wing safe space, but instead twitter was turned into a left-wing safe space because it reached a critical mass of people? Then again, what if it was never financially viable and was propped up to maintain the safe space because that was its primary purpose? As somebody who doesn't use Twitter, it seems that #Goku trending is a sign that this "new" Twitter may just be the low brow "who gives a damn about politics" culture that people really want.