We’re leaving X.

@noodlemaz I’d also point out that the line from GPNI is effectively ‘X is now so bad we can’t stay’.

Really? It took the latest outrage? Really?

@JimmyB @noodlemaz When you've worked hard to build a large following, to communicate a positive message, it's hard to throw that away. Optimists hope things will improve, that fascists will disappear into insignificance, as they have done before.

You can find us and continue the conversation here:
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@greenpartyni erm you know meta’s platforms explicitly allow abusers and racists and all sorts of disinformation right

@zaire absolutely, but as a small political party we have to be where our voters are and potential voters. Sure, we’d like everyone to move to independent platforms like the Fediverse and dump US corporate media. But until that happens we’re stuck with an impossible choice - stay and inform & provoke for change, or leave and loose that important piece of influence. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. ‍️

@JimmyB @harri @noodlemaz Zuckerberg has certainly done a lot of bad through his companies but I don't think he is as extreme right-wing as Musk. You didn't see him campaign for the fascist in the White House, run an illegal operation aimed at purging federal institutions inside the administration, shape policies like offering asylum to white South Africans or actively propping up AfD in Germany etc.

@greenpartyni @zaire
But look at the response so far on that GPNI Twitter post - single-digit engagement metrics, and a couple of limp replies.

It's doing decent numbers here, though, and presumably on the other platforms too.

@ikuturso @JimmyB @harri @noodlemaz
Zuck was sitting with the rest of the techbro billionaires at the most recent POTUS inauguration.

@dec23k @zaire It’s very clear to us that Musk throttles progressive voices like the Greens on XTwitter. The only way to try to counter that may be to pay for blue tick mark. And we would never do that!

@ikuturso @JimmyB @harri @noodlemaz
Zuck was sitting with the rest of the techbro billionaires at the most recent POTUS inauguration.

@dec23k @JimmyB @harri @noodlemaz Right, he's certainly trying to work with the Trump regime and to get in his good graces. For that and a million other reasons I don't blame you if you want nothing to do with his stuff either.

Latest news was that some former Trump advisor became president of Meta. I still think it is fairly obvious that Elon is much worse though.

We’re leaving X.

Not for clicks.
Not for politics.
For safety, democracy and basic responsibility.

We won’t stay on a platform that fails children, enables deepfake abuse and fuels disinformation.

But this is not an exit from the conversation.
It’s a move to better spaces.

Come with us.

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@ikuturso @JimmyB @harri @noodlemaz
Yes, Space Karen is the worst. Always has been, at least as far back as the early days of paypal.

I was part of the late-2022 migration to Mastodon, from Twitter. It was an almost-perfect replacement, for me. But of course I was aware that it wasn't as ideal for other people. For a lot of them, bluesky was a better fit. But bluesky started out as a Twitter project (under Jack Dorsey), and it is very very centralised.

@dec23k

I think that the argument could be made that Meta is a lot worse than Musk. Their enthusiastic support for Brexit, the destruction of democracy globally, their strong participation in the success of such a wide range of fascist governments together with their ongoing platforming of environmental denial stands out for me. It's just a bit more subtle than Musk.

@ikuturso @harri @noodlemaz

We’re leaving X.

Not for clicks.
Not for politics.
For safety, democracy and basic responsibility.

We won’t stay on a platform that fails children, enables deepfake abuse and fuels disinformation.

But this is not an exit from the conversation.
It’s a move to better spaces.

Come with us.

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We’re leaving X.

Not for clicks.
Not for politics.
For safety, democracy and basic responsibility.

We won’t stay on a platform that fails children, enables deepfake abuse and fuels disinformation.

But this is not an exit from the conversation.
It’s a move to better spaces.

Come with us.

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