Sigh. John Schindler (@20committee) is moving his serious tweets to a private, premium feed

[highplainsdem]

for which he'll be charging $10 a month.

https://20committee.com/2018/01/17/its-time-to-make-twitter-better/

I can't blame him for wanting to get rid of the harassment from trolls and bots. And I've enjoyed his insights and his wittier tweets. But I think he's going to lose not only most of his readers but most of his influence on Twitter and the discussions it sparks elsewhere.

And I suspect those trolls -- and the people controlling the bots -- will be celebrating effectively driving him off Twitter.

[brooklynite]

1. Honestly, I have no idea who this is.

[pnwmom]

2. He's a conservative Never-trumper with an intelligence background. n/t

[blogslut]

4. Who, AFAIK, still works for Jared Kushner's Observer

I know a lot of people here follow him but I just find that weird.

[pnwmom]

6. Technically, it's not Kusher's Observer anymore, his ownership stake

went to a Kushner family trust, and the publisher is now a brother-in-law on the Kushner side.

And the Kushner family are Democrats, so I don't know what to make of all of this.

[highplainsdem]

5. Natsec expert (former NSA) & libertarian Trump critic who's appeared on The Last Word

a number of times, and who's regularly attacked by RT and other Kremlin outlets.

[highplainsdem]

7. See this column:

http://observer.com/2017/08/charlottesville-alt-right-counterintelligence/

[highplainsdem]

8. And this:

http://observer.com/2018/01/trumps-america-first-saturday-tweets-dems-all-talk-no-action/amp/

[highplainsdem]

9. Page listing his columns:

http://observer.com/author/john-r-schindler/


His columns will still be available, but it's a shame his tweets on Trump, Russia and national security will be in that private feed, at least for a while.

He seems to be a friend of Rick Wilson, another Trump critic who's on MSNBC and CNN a lot.

[highplainsdem]

10. GD thread from last February about Schindler tweets on Trump's links to Russian

intelligence services and organized crime:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10028681737

[Cha]

3. Bummer for Dems, though, yeah

[herding cats]

11. Pay per view Twitter accounts? Ill pass.

I saw Schlinder calling someone he disagreed with a f@***t on twitter and unfollowed him months ago. I definitely won’t pay for that “quality” content. 😡

[RealityChik]

12. There are others just as good..

Namely @ericgarland, @jamesFourM, @aliasvaugn, @ninoandtito, @natashabertrand, @khanoisseur and others whom are good to follow. I think Schindler is just a little louder and a lot angrier than the rest.

As long as I can still read his articles, I won't miss a step. I will miss his feed but all these others will still retweet his posts and reference his articles so it's all still good.

[4now]

13. I wish John Schindler good luck

Twitter is a broken sewer.

[herding cats]

14. Hes logged $68,880 in paid subscribers annually so far.

Someone is doing quite well on this endeavor.

Note: That’s only 574 followers which is sure to rise since it was 10 less when I first looked.

The other accounts on there appear to be investment oriented.