Still have an account, haven’t been on it in forever but it was the last place I got to talk with a friend of mine who ended up taking his own life last year. Haven’t really been able to get myself to delete it and lose our old chats. Probably dumb but it is what it is
I made a throwaway account on FB because my effing city posts all their mutual aid stuff from Buy Nothing to yardsales and porch parties, garden club to school board meetings, on FB. I made a nice Discord channel and promoted it. City webpage, doesn't get updated, I volunteered, nope. Nothing.
Perspective? If you want to know what sensible people are saying, look here; while if you also want to see what the worst people are raging about, check twitter.
I keep mine so that I can delete my posts and likes. They only let you access so much, but every few weeks, I can go back further. I've deleted over 4,000 so far. I'm not leaving melon any of my data.
And people who have a television presence broadcasting their X handles. You used to see multiple handles (i.e. facebook) but everything has been dropped except X on news and sports broadcasts. They know they can do it, they're just choosing not to.
Fire twitter is still mostly on x. Some of the climate folks have moved over here, but tons of incident responders and most active posters remain on x. That’s true for one or two other niche fields (esp w euros).
I really wish emergency responder accounts and traffic accounts would move it all over here. I closed my X but really found I got faster info over there. Still the atmosphere here is better.
I try to block this out of my mind bc otherwise it pisses me off daily. We need some surveillance over there so we can get reports on their activities, but nothing more. I'd like see X just as anemic as Tesla.
Almost always posting here now and the chat on Bluesky has been great, but there are still many in my industry on that other site I'm still tracking for work.
I still have an account, not verified, that I jump into when I see someone has posted a screenshot of some idiot's screed, just to scream at them, then jump out. It's cathartic.
I left... generally news and politics are great here, but there's no real sports Bluesky to speak of. I know people who are still at the other place for this reason alone. Hoping that changes soon!
There are many who haven’t relocated yet. It’s hard rebuilding and ripping off the bandaid. Also, hard to tell folks where to go since tweets are pushed down.
the clout is too strong for some of them because they don't actually want to interact with their audience, they just want to get noticed and then ditch
I literally cannot delete my account. They've been holding my account hostage, saying I violated their terms. Yet they won't let me delete my account...because it's in suspension... So yeah, some of us are just being held there against our will 🤷♀️
Yes, I continue to read that many senior leaders leaders of the Democrats will occasionally make a post on Xitter. Someone needs to wake them up. Threads is getting a lot of MAGA trolls and bots on it as well, getting to be pretty worthless.
Yes, & when you say it, people have so many excuses of why they “have to have it.” (See replies) They’re ADDICTS. If all decent people had the strength & courage to delete their accounts, the platform would collapse & Elon would be toast. It’s the surest way to end him but they just. can’t. do. it.
I have an account only because I haven’t bothered to close it and I know a few still there worth having a lifetime to, but I haven’t posted there since I found Bluesky so about 9 months.
I’m not saying they need to post here (but they should).
I’m saying that by posting on Xitter, they’re supporting a racist oligarch who literally has called for the overthrow of the Canadian government and way of life.
Why stay - especially if our tax dollars are paying for Xitter accounts?
Definitely says something on the banality of evil. They know they shouldn't. They don't even like it, yet still they persist there. They make excuses. Followers, news, family, parking so someone doesn't take their name. But still they remain.
People want to protect their name & not allow others to assume their accounts which is especially important for people in the public realm. I have my X account still when I need to check the validity of things people post. Too much misinformation, even on the pro democracy side.
If I’m not championing our Welsh Gypsy/Roma heritage, language and culture on X others can appropriate and screw about with more fantasies and stereotypes. It’s locked, which helps with trolls and bots. I keep telling our story.
I genuinely got blocked by someone who I'd followed on Twitter for years, when I said this to them on here. I think they took it personally, but I can't sugar coat it. Twitter is a cesspit, and Musk is a dangerous person to enable. Inexcusable.
1. I like to look in on the shit show, but I don't click on ads and I try not to engage
2. I've been trying to deactivate for months, but the deactivate button doesn't work.
Because I refuse to let a white supremacist Nazi remove my voice. That’s what happened to my Jewish family during The Holocaust. I’m here to play a role in ensuring never again for anyone… and X is still the biggest platform! #FreePalestine #cdnpoli
Some of us are there to give pushback. I think it looks really bad for our side when none of us are willing to speak up for what we believe just because the environment is unfavorable.
No doubt. I recognize that its a losing battle. I'm not letting my spaces go without a fight though. There should not be a single horrific post that goes by without SOMEONE saying something sensible underneath.
I would consider that to be part of the environment, no? Maybe the largest relevant factor. He is why it's turned into a place where people like us need to be more vocal unlike years past.
I have never been on X nor tiktok,left fb,was insta for about 30 sec.,what a waste of time that place is. Just here and waiting for Canada's new social media platform to be up and running
I agree. And excuses I hear about keeping watch/followers, etc. Sorry, but that doesn’t cut it. Personally, social media isn’t social. It’s anti-social. It’s depriving ppl of social interaction; supports hate/negativity/racism. Interacting with ppl educates. It helps understanding. Jmho
In general terms, if you never interact with an ad, or pay for X, then you are a net cost to the company. I stuck around for a while, but left because it became unusable. I wouldn't judge anyone for sticking around so long as they are not helping Musk financially
Don't call it X, call it Xitter. It doesn't deserve to be called X, which Elmo chose cuz he clearly thinks it's cool. Which it isn't, cuz fascists & oligarchs are not cool
A lot of them claim if they leave X their accounts will be stolen and quotes will be attributed to them they didn't say. That sounds fishy to me because it can happen anywhere. Just leave.
There is a small difference between wanting to know what the enemy does and wanting to know what the enemy knows. Most people who keep Twitter accounts does it to spy on the enemy (MAGA/ GOP/ Trump).
The Liberal candidate in my riding had an X account. I wrote to her to suggest she get rid of it, on account of the Nazi owner and 51st state garbage, and they wrote back immediately and said “you’re right” and deleted it. Direct pressure can work!
Elon and I came to blows on Election Day 2024, which is the last day I had an X account with 55,000 hard earned, solid resister friends. Starting to make inroads here at Bluesky 🦋
I understand bigger names staying, especially journalists, lawyers, and representatives. They gotta know what they are up against and it’s, well, evidence tbh. That and truth social. Magats are hanging themselves with their SM posts!
Well, I got a new phone, lost in translation was my account info and password, so I can't kill my old Twitter account.
The best I could do was remove the app from my phone.
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I think a lot of people have a high follower number and go, shrug, fascism whatevs, I don't want to start over on another platform.
I really wish that media outlets would starve them by removing them as a link to option and replace that with Bluesky.
I disagree. Perfect world everyone would have left for a sane platform that is not massively manipulated at the behest of its vile owner. But that is not reality.
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Trying to normalize Fascism is reprehensible, IMO.
He's a terrible human being who continues to destroy people's lives, and remaining on X adds value to his portfolio and says you're 'ok' with that.🤨
#SorryNotSorry
Twitter reported tens of millions of bot accounts before Boy Wonder bought them out.
Still more interaction over on the Hellscape too, as much as I wish there wasn’t.
Unfortunately, the other place is still useful
They're addicted.
Here it's better emotionally, but conversations are almost exclusively centered around Trump.
There I have space, electronics, home automation, etc. It's not that they aren't here, but there's 10x more there.
I don’t care if that’s where the “reach” is, it’s long past time to close it down.
I’m saying that by posting on Xitter, they’re supporting a racist oligarch who literally has called for the overthrow of the Canadian government and way of life.
Why stay - especially if our tax dollars are paying for Xitter accounts?
Was waiting for that moment.
Do we enjoy it? No.
2. I've been trying to deactivate for months, but the deactivate button doesn't work.
#Fact
It's also not exactly a massive commitment. Being a keyboard warrior is pretty easy.
It is the fact that the company is owed by Musk.
I have pinned how to use sky follower bridge to find followers here.
I just retweet people urging others to move to Bluesky.
One day I will delete that account.
I’m “nobody” but quit
Twitter on principle.
#WhenWeFightWeWin 🎉
#KnivesOut 🔪
#NoKings 🤴
#Resist 🌊
The best I could do was remove the app from my phone.
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I really wish that media outlets would starve them by removing them as a link to option and replace that with Bluesky.
As soon as x and Elon were mentioned I stopped wanting to even look.