Disclosure: I am a non-fan of "snap polls", from political to social to ego (Facebook, Musk et al)....

That said, I'm also curious and a social scientist (who loves actual, valid data including opinions, beliefs, etc.)

So my reaction to finding an email from Twitter yesterday, encouraging me to use their spiffy new app to "find my Twitter" contacts, activated a few reactions ('neural pathways'/associations) in me (&/or my algorithms!)

First off, I am rather horrified/disgusted at the schoolyard antics of 'the world's richest man', now "owner" of the info 'town square' and clearly having lots of fun in his $44B sandbox. So the latest brilliant idea of someone working there now, cot included, is to encourage people looking for Twitter contacts to hand over our address books (which may contain all sorts of notes, account #'s, you name it), to Twitter! The company whose owner's first act was to scrap "privacy" and "security" teams. Sure, take my data!

But beyond the scam and - as someone on Mastodon commented, the likelihood of data scraping/monetization/re-sale - there is the question of trust. But even more: Why would I be looking for people on Twitter, when I already know who I've followed/connected with 'there' and am more focused now on finding refugees from Twitter who may end up on Mastodon, or 'here' or writers' pods.

So that's the "context and perspective".

Here's the one and only "poll" I've put out there, with my convenience sample of a dozen, just for fun.
Interesting how 100% agree that #MuskVirus is not to be trusted, BUT 9% chose the option,
"I'm wrong; Musk is altruistic and above-board".

So there you have it, the 109% have spoken! "I like polls". (yes/no 109%)

#SocialMedia #Twitter #Musk #Media #megalomania #mediamania #SocialPsychology