Paul Matthews

@MightyApe I placed an order last week, half of which you don’t appear to have sent yet. No comms, no replies to support tickets, nothing. I’m guessing it’s missed Christmas now. Do you have a number I can call to get an update?

@2degreesmobile Just realised we were never notified of what we won in your “million dollar prize draw” after signing up. How do we find out?

@markcubey @elle_hunt Labour introduced one by stealth when they changed the Bright Line Test from being about flippers (buying and selling within 2 years) to most people (buying and selling within 10 years, and likely to keep increasing). National simply restoring its intent.

@elle_hunt We have NO capital gains taxes.

New Zealand votes rejects Labour and bring back the National party: opening the gates to no-fault evictions, foreign property investment, lower capital gains taxes, ditching welfare reforms and rail, more cars and roads and escalations in the culture war. Dismal stuff

@lightweight @radionz @ninetonoon “Corporate booster”?! Anyway, the 2.3% size of Mastodon vs Twitter is the reality. Nothing wrong with Mastodon at all, but you can’t expect an org to be on every platform and if choosing between two, they’re always going to start with the one with 43x the number of users.

@nzPaulM @radionz @ninetonoon You might want to have a look, Paul. I'd say the Fediverse is more vibrant & authentic than Twitter by far... That it exists at all & has millions of participants should make you & every corporate booster pause for thought, given that it's had approx zero $ put into it.

@radionz and @ninetonoon - you spend a lot of time telling us about 'Big tech'. You haven't yet, to my knowledge (and I listen a LOT) really acknowledge 'community tech', i.e. Free and Open Source Software. You're also not present in a meaningful way in the emerging Fediverse 1/2

@lightweight @radionz @ninetonoon To be fair, Mastodon - while growing - still only has 2.3% of the audience of Twitter. And even less in terms of active users.

@radionz @ninetonoon I would've contacted you via Mastodon - there're a bunch of long-running servers here in Aotearoa and the participation numbers are burgeoning - but you're not there. As our national media organisation, the voice of our society, that strikes me as a glaring omission.

@4crosspurposes I could be wrong but I really don’t think the PM’s gender is relevant - it’s culpability. There is very genuine anger out there. This dairy tried to get help and was turned down by the govt, and as a direct result, a young person is dead. JA is leader of the govt.

The media gang-up on Ardern over the tragic death of the dairy worker smacks of year 10 boys finding a female they can bully. How do women in the media tolerate being part of this ugly lynch-mob mentality?

@elonmusk @StephenKing Just keep doing what you’re doing. Twitter had become the home of constant outrage, so it makes sense there’ll be some outrage over change. Ride it out.

@StephenKing Suggestions are welcome Mr. 👑

Am in Dunedin today to sadly attend the funeral of someone I hugely respect, Lesley Elliott. Being White Ribbon Day, I urge you to download Lesley’s book about keeping relationships safe, and getting it to as many young people as possible. It’s free: amazon.com/Loves-Me-Not-K…

@NoahWayOut @ClaySmith1984 @heydari_be No, they need to grow *engagement* and *active users*. No point having millions of dead unused accounts. I suspect the number who log in every day has grown since Elon took over

@RebelSport_NZ Parcels were from you, and your team appears to have got them out to the courier fast. You should seriously consider reviewing your delivery partners. Looking at the tracking, one is over a week from Wellington CBD to Lower Hutt. Others from Auckland, same delay.

Fascinating! Even with the tyranny of distance, my last parcel sent from the US got here faster than 3 parcels coming from Auckland via @Aramex NZ. Halfway around the world vs between NZ cities. One big advantage local e-commerce should have is speed. We fail that at our peril.

@economicsNZ @sarabeee @BenRoss_AKL Only in terms of councillors, not the election of mayor

@nzPaulM @sarabeee @BenRoss_AKL With districts that also have electoral significance if I get this right?

@quellesurprise8 @PaulHuntSRights On that last point I certainly agree, albeit for different reasons. Good luck with your crusade.

One of the most grave human rights problems confronting Aotearoa New Zealand is the tsunami of toxic misinformation and disinformation threatening respectful, evidence-informed, discussion which is the life blood of our democratic society.

@quellesurprise8 @NoRacistLaws @PaulHuntSRights Not fragile, thanks for your concern though. Just object to you telling others they shouldn’t have an opinion if it differs from yours. Free speech warriors? Good grief.

@quellesurprise8 @NoRacistLaws @PaulHuntSRights If you think anyone (regardless of race or religion) doesn’t get taken seriously in the face of credible death threats, then tackle that issue. Death threats have nothing to do with free speech.

@quellesurprise8 @NoRacistLaws @PaulHuntSRights You seem to be assuming a lot given you don’t know me. But that aside, the fact that you are trying to gate-keep who is allowed an opinion on free speech is a good illustration of the problem.

@BenRoss_AKL @economicsNZ Well no, he has a mandate to try to achieve what he said he was going to try to achieve during the campaign, which is what people elected him to achieve. Agree that he doesn’t have unilateral powers on most things though, and will need to build consensus.

@billbennettnz @BenRoss_AKL @economicsNZ He still got 46% more votes than the next closest candidate. That’s not spin, that’s the result. Agree that previous mayors had a mandate too.