I miss some of the friends I made on twitter ( I will not use that other name ) but I found them here I stand by my principles, I stand with the good people of America 🇮🇪☮️❤️ love from Ireland sending you courage and strength to stand up for democracy and freedom
Personally I lose respect for someone who still uses X or any Meta platforms but try to remain open to “so what else ARE you doing to fight fascism because it better be equal to or better than deleting an app or we’ve got a problem”.
There are other big things we can do & should do our own utmost.
Elon bought it because it was an effective tool that could be used against rising fascism. Communities were built there that he wanted to dismantle. We’re all fractured and all over the place now. It’s how they want it. Many are staying to not let him win. 1/
Personally, I left for about a half a year, but I was missing all the newest research on my condition. They come out every day and folks on there analyze them. I haven’t found anywhere else that is so consistently useful for managing my debilitating condition. 3/3
I think it would be great for one of the new social apps to allow interactive video conferencing options like Instagram’s live feature to connect with IRL facilities like mental health group sessions or community town hall meeting environments to find and nurture connections and brainstorming.
I understand that first hand… but we have to support each other in looking for ways to build new community connections whether IRL or digital. Every account and every post on META & X gives them not only more money and power but rights to your conversations and images.
Giving up is not an option.
It does genuinely hurt Twitter if more people stop using it. It devalues it. I don't think it makes you a fascist supporter to use Twitter. But I think not using it is a pretty effective protest or Elon Musk.
I mean for the record I've abandoned Twitter. I just think it's unhelpful for us to be like "if you use Twitter your a fascist!" Like what are we accomplishing there.
Did you read the article? X is already in a bad position, revenue-wise. Musk borrowed against himself to buy Twitter in the first place.
Of course billionaires won't be signing on for food stamps anytime soon, but it would completely delegitimize the platform and keep advertisers from investing.
There's only one valid reason for using it and that's to track Nazis. No one else should be there, or even link there. Giving them traffic effects the site's value. Make Twitter the abandoned mall of the Internet.
I left shitter (er, twitter) months ago. No reason to support the musk rat in any way, shape or form. My departure did nothing to negatively affect him, but if 10 million left, that's definitely doing harm.
it is going to take a massive effort to remove the hidden puppet masters who have infested our democracy. the forces of greed, hate, bigotry and racism have been dormant and now have all the power. while I despise them, every last one of them, one must acknowledge their tenacity.
love it! elon-gate (meaning the hidden theft, likely hundreds of millions) needs to be revealed. their brazen, arrogance-inspired, impudent pilfering and larceny of the US treasury laid bare for all. elongating his neck, shown in high definition, worldwide.
None? I like to pick on the right wing tools there, and the left wing tools here. There's no glory just clutching pearls in your chosen echo chamber.
I can loathe both schools of AIPAC-owned parasites equally, anywhere!
#VacateTheState
I don't blame you, but I reserve the right to challenge their narrative where they'll hear it. You can't cyberbully MAGATs on BlueSky.
The US of AIPAC is a shitshow on both sides of the aisle.
I see your point. When I was on there, in the end, all I got in my feed were MAGAts who wanted to argue about my posts. And whack-a-doodle Right-wing politicians were in my feed. It became an awful experience. Stay on there and fight the good fight! I respect that!
I agree, i've been wondering about some of the independent media that speaks about musk/trump but are posting on X but some are coming over. I get that it's probably financial for them but if they all did....
X is nothing but a fascist nazi shitfest. Closed my account after the orange turd used elon musk to buy the election. I refuse to support musk in any capacity. I have no desire to use that nazi platform for any reason.
Did Zuck get shucked? I am all for bringing down the billionaires; but, it does seem that he got pushed out of the "inner circle" after he served his purpose.
He's a POS; but, I was talking about how he no longer seems to be part of the "club". He's still doing his part; but, they don't have anything to do with him, anymore. He's just too stupid to see he's being used.
I'd argue it's worse. People on twitter go in looking for a fight. People on facebook are having fascist garbage injected into their brains between pictures of their neighbors grandkids and a cooking video.
You don't get to decide that, but you do get to opine that. Many dissenters refuse to leave their best means of communication with each other. I hardly ever am on X anymore, but I will check it occasionally because some good people must or choose to still hold ground in that sullied real estate.
Xitter is a cesspool of nazis and science deniers. I still have my account so I can verify elons tweets. There's so many fake tweets out there I want to make sure he really did say the stupid things before I get angry.
wrong. It's called STAYCOTTING. And you don't have to, but don't you dare fucking accuse us of helping fascism cuz no, we aren't. It actually does more damage to the company to stay, stop sharing personal shit, only share news and politics truth, don't click links, and TROLL THE FUCK out of maga.
Yeah. Like you can't be all "Fuck Elon! Fuck Trump!" and
also go "Grok, generate #AISlop of them making out!"
Wanna #BoycottTesla but still use that shithole website.
The absolute gall of someone buying any medium to promote their own agenda and then to call it 'freedom' or 'free speech' is so ridiculous. It's little wonder why so many people have left.
I'm in a 3rd world country, unfortunately there are products I can only have if it's bia Amazon. And thanks to those tariffs, less stuff is going to arrive here on my island. It sucks
Same. Cancelled my Prime in January (had a year subscription, so it’s still active until my renewal date) and haven’t made a purchase since. Nor will I. Same with Target. Same with Twitter, FaceBook, and Instagram. Accounts deleted.
I completely agree. There is no excuse to be there. I have never been there but have seen some Nazi posts. Fucking Nazis again. Bring down Elon! Bring down X or whatever the fuck it is called these days.
I'm trying so hard to get my last friends that are there to switch to here but all they seem to care about it their following on there and having to start over. My patience has worn thin tho, everytime I peek in to see how things are going it gets worse.
Yeah, I just can't fuck with it anymore. I understand others' reasoning for staying as a needed voice, but I just can't do it. My voice was too small anyhow.
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”
You are wrong in this: For ex sociologist, psycho sociologist and politologist may/have to still use X and still oppose fascism. Even somebody has to study what fascists think! Why they think so etc.
Good point, but I think this post maybe should’ve emphasized how staying on X only gives Musk more money since he profits from your data and your posts. If a lot of people just deactivated their accounts he would actually feel that more than just talking shit to him and his followers on his own site
Is it a purity test, part of an evolving social contract, or something else?
Could an oath to defend our country against all enemies, foreign and domestic, be considered a purity test? Define "enemy." Fascism? If so, is using X giving "aid and comfort" to the enemy?
🤔
Quite an insult for the success of a network Jack Dorsey brought to life. This thing perverted by Elon Musk can absolutely be called X. Unless you intend to reflect his behavior of deadnaming of course. 😉
Think we've talked over each other here. I didn't mean you had imitated him, instead I think you could have put out a mirror to do to him as he has done to his daughter. No reason to block one another. My honest opinion is just, Twitter wasn't (always) a bad place when in the hands of Dorsey. 😊
Eh. I reduced my value to it. It's still a defensible act. I want to know what the enemy is up to, and more importantly, take their temperature. I'm starting to notice a lack of enthusiasm when I check over there, which heals my soul a bit.
I have wondered about that! I was never on X. Deleted my account on Facebook because of Zuck's ass kissing Trump! I think people who are truly serious about opposing Trump / Musk / Maga should get off both!
Not really their fault that Elon’s a nazi, maybe do something to stop the actual fascist instead of yelling at the guy who happens to live in the same neighborhood as him
So what makes you so proud to be "right"? You don't know me. My parents were occupied under Hitler. You don't know me and might take a glance in the mirror at your self righteous face.
I stopped using Twitter on October 22, 2022, and deleted my account on Jan 20th of this year. I will not return unless Musk totally divests from the company, and it makes major algorithmic changes. It was fun in the old days
I've been banging this drum for a long while, trying to persuade these so-called "Democrats" to get off Twatter, but no, they are too vested in having their huge audiences who aren't even listening to them any more.
If you're opposed to fascism but you call it X instead of Twitter, then no you're not. You're just too busy enjoying the smell of your own farts and not actually doing anything productive to fight against fascism
was so happy to delete my account - and I have to say while I have had disagreements here I haven't been called a pedophile once. which is a good thing. Because I am not - hell, I don't even know any youth pastors!!
I haven't posted in ages and my follower numbers have been dropping like flies since the election, but there are still some good, smart people (journalists, IE) I follow there who don't (yet) have accounts here.
I’m still on X because of its multi sports / multi team real time posting. There is no other platform
That offers that. I’ll leave when I can find it elsewhere.
Musk's aiX merged with X.. it doesn't take much for an AI bot to learn your posting voice and post as you.. not to include the ability to quantify your information and those of your connections. I've never had a Twitter account, but if I had one it would be dumping it right now.
true. basically no company that I'm interested in following uses this platform (or mastodon). They use the "mainstream" platforms like Twitter/insta/facebook/reddit
I was nafoing since 2014, before nafo even came into being (and thankful they did). We also donate regularly and locally here in Ukraine, no need to go through middlemen.
They use the sheer number of active accounts doom scrolling to evaluate their ad revenue and overall asset worth. More users = higher valuation. Don't give him your presence. A king is nothing with an empty castle
As I'm in Ukraine, there is no monetization for Elon here, no ads, and no users getting paid. But the fact is, and until Bluesky gets better on this when missiles are coming towards my house, updates are better on the dead bird site than on here, virtue signaling be damned.
...and for several months now, I don't like, share, comment, or repost there, but I do get updates on what the Kremlin nazis are doing in real-time, which is worth it.
I abandoned mine when Musk bought it but now considering a return. We need to get the truth out there and the same people sitting here day after day agreeing with each other, whilst keeping us sane, has no hope of finding the commonality with right wingers/centrists needed to heal and unite.
Isn't it fascinating how people often ridicule X and its owner, pointing out its misinformation and Nazism, yet they continue to support and engage with the platform daily? It highlights an intriguing paradox, how convenience, community, and the pull of digital habits can outweigh criticism.
It seems that way. The large progressive independent media are optimistic about transforming the MAGA supporters. However, I have some news for them that might not be what they want to hear: once a MAGAt, always a MAGAt!
I only joined Twitter to monitor the war in Ukraine 3 years ago as the feeds coming from actual Ukarainians were important and informative
We are in conflict
Disengaging not communicating is not the answer
Even if you are just insulting MAGA
It's better to let them know how angry we are
No silos
Uh-huh.
But what if I use it with adblockers so I don't contribute financially to Elon and only interact with good people, including those from other countries who aren't really keeping close tabs on US sociopolitical issues and aren't familiar with other social media options?
Ad blockers only block you from seeing the ads and occasionally stop any cookies or tracking data. Twitter still logs and reports posts and page views. They still sell the Ad space based on those posts and views. If you interact, you contribute to ad revenue.
Yeah, but that ad space becomes less and less valuable because I'm not actually seeing those ads. So, the more people use adblockers on twitter, the less value those ads will have. Also, since I don't use the app anymore, I just use twitter far less frequently these days.
Ya, I’m not into X. I dropped the now dead bird twitter years ago. I think there are some folks who still earn a living off of X, or think that’s the only SM platform people use eg every municipality still uses it, or is just willing to screen grab the shit on that platform. I’ve abandoned
I dropped it as soon as Musk bought it. That was it for me. I dropped meta in February after I was able to confirm all my pre-election posts regarding musk and Yarvin were shadow banned.
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There are other big things we can do & should do our own utmost.
And, there are still important discussions there. Folks save links to discussions. When people leave, those conversations are no longer accessible. 2/
Giving up is not an option.
But now with his political power, more advertisers are reportedly coming back due to being "pressured" by Musk.
The way to bankrupt this guy is to delete our accounts.
Of course billionaires won't be signing on for food stamps anytime soon, but it would completely delegitimize the platform and keep advertisers from investing.
Zuckerberg hired Dustin Carmack, former employee of Project 2025 to run "Public Policy".
He did this in August
Instagram
Threads
Facebook
All onboard the MAGA / Project 2025 train.
Staying on Facebook in this moment in history frankly equals complicity
❤️
That’s progress.
And he will
I don’t have an X account anyway.
I can loathe both schools of AIPAC-owned parasites equally, anywhere!
#VacateTheState
The US of AIPAC is a shitshow on both sides of the aisle.
How censored is this place?
also go "Grok, generate #AISlop of them making out!"
Wanna #BoycottTesla but still use that shithole website.
They shouldn't support those who they claim to oppose.
And they live for it.
Just being there breathes life into the platform. As well as revenue.
They will seek us out to see if there feet are hot yet
Delete.
I'm in a 3rd world country, unfortunately there are products I can only have if it's bia Amazon. And thanks to those tariffs, less stuff is going to arrive here on my island. It sucks
#boycott
I don't regret it, and I've never looked back! 👊
Stop using X
Stop using Meta
Use Bluesky!!
#democracyisdying but we WILL bring it back!
We are glad you are back.
How about a compromise?
Could you at least call it shitter from now on?
You don't know if You are not among them (spying)!
More users = more data = more money spent by advertisers = more money for Elon.
X was not doing great before the election and now he's using his political sway to get advertisers back on the platform.
The best thing we can do is #boycottx.
I got rid of my X account.
Does this please you master?
Is it a purity test, part of an evolving social contract, or something else?
Could an oath to defend our country against all enemies, foreign and domestic, be considered a purity test? Define "enemy." Fascism? If so, is using X giving "aid and comfort" to the enemy?
🤔
/s
Logged out of Facebook for the final time 2 weeks ago.
Smiling at a well thought out post. Well done
Six. 🤨
That offers that. I’ll leave when I can find it elsewhere.
If you’re still on X fuck you and your mother
News outlets: not so much.
As a long time user/lover the second he did the Nazi salute I couldn’t have left that platform faster.
Sometimes the only way to win is not to play the game.
Supporting Musk in any capacity should be bad for business.
Even hating him on it brings him money.
Stop making excuses.
If you can’t help in real time, there is no excuse to rubberneck.
Even if all you do is tell him how much of a shitlord he is.
Ad revenue is the main income stream for twitter. Even blue checks are just a holding action against bankruptcy.
Leave it and you hurt him.
I would still maintain an innocuous presence there.
Monitor the activity of the enemy accounts.
Also the generic paranoia level...
I feel that engagement would be a lost cause.
Better to allow Xers to pour verbal vitriol on each other :)))
Keep your enemies closer
Which at this point is negative
We are in conflict
Disengaging not communicating is not the answer
Even if you are just insulting MAGA
It's better to let them know how angry we are
No silos
But what if I use it with adblockers so I don't contribute financially to Elon and only interact with good people, including those from other countries who aren't really keeping close tabs on US sociopolitical issues and aren't familiar with other social media options?