because their employers won’t allow it, honestly they must never read the responses to their posts as only the right is looking at their stories to mock them and leave vile videos but their presence gives that site a respectability it in no way deserves
Because, like most elites, they are primarily concerned with maintaining their own status, they think that their takes are too special and profound to not seek every possible eyeball for their wisdom, and they are pretty sure they will personally be fine.
I don’t know why they are, but I feel like the people who need to see these videos, AND the censorship of a PUBLIC townhall by a dick, are over there. Folks here are already pissed at our reps and doge, and we know a dick will censor anything about him he doesn’t like, over there its maybe a first.
That's what I'm wondering. There are no excuses for it at this point. If you're still on there thinking you're gonna make a difference, you're supporting the right's entire regime and there's no positive way to spin that.
I saw clips from videos in his tweets on YT so came here to see his whole post and am baffled that he only posts over at X and not here. Makes no sense
Indeed. I don't get why anyone is still justifying being on there now. You know what kind of posts he wants on there, you know what he censors on there, yet you still keep posting? At this point, they're just complicit in the platform continuing to drive what Musk wants.
X effectively lies about engagement data and follower counts (this actually dates from Twitter pre merger -- Elon even tried to get out of the sale by raising this issue!) but media companies still believe them.
You can easily measure this by posting links that have tracking codes, you'll get 3 hits on a 60,000 follower account on X and 200+ from a 500 follower account on Bluesky. They are simply making up all of their engagement numbers AND pushing down anything with offsite links
At the very least, consider the personal time wasted on authoring and posting a tweet that is destined to be deleted. People should respect their own time more than that.
Indeed. There's gotta be a point where you understand that this shit just isn't worth it any longer. Just point people in the direction of the new spot you're in and leave it at that. It ain't worth the time to do this any longer.
It makes perfect sense to post there but here and elsewhere for sure. Point out the censorship & hypocrisy at every turn. Censorship of coverage of an open meeting is outrageous. He oughta do a separate story on the censorship, talk to the rep. & attendees. X should be be slapped round there, too.
Their followings and their perceived clout are apparently too much of a price. I have a few shows/people that I follow that I’ve given the benefit of the doubt to and that’s about to end. If you’re still using that site you’re seriously suspect.
I'm right there with you. The chasing of clout has completely ruined some folks' common sense and it shows in how this stuff just keeps happening and they refuse to try and stop it by simply finding another platform to be on.
100%. It’s really disappointing because the rational just doesn’t hold up anymore. It’s like they just can’t bring themselves to walk away from the cool table because they have a decent size following.
Indeed. What's even worse is if you're actually diligent about it, you can build that following back up on another platform and that following will actually be made up of people you'd want to talk to. I'm right back to where my follower count was on X on here and I'm having a much better time.
That's the thing. If they think they're gonna get better treatment because they were playing by their rules, they'll be in for a world of surprise when they get trampled like the rest of us eventually will.
If they're okay with being a revenue stream for the right, then they better not try and pose as some sort of integrity machine because they sure as hell don't have any at this point.
Journalists need to be on X to collect information (report) but they should be engaging with the Bluesky or Mastodon peeps, imho. A lot of my international journo contacts are not on Bluesky.
The AJC is a conservative-owned propaganda tool for the local corrupt Atlanta oligarchy. even our mayor is a secret Trump lover. AJC likely forces their best folks to only use Twitter.
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break through the echo chamber. But it is probably hopeless
He’s desperate to keep anyone on the platform.
Don't eat dogshit.