We’re leaving X.
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@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 don’t be so harsh. Yes we probably should have jumped some time ago as many of us wanted to. But we’re a small volunteer led democratic party with a lot of other things to attend to. And our local press were still there and potentially people who needed to hear our messaging. We’ve mostly been cross-posting with very little engagement so it was not a priority item until the latest outrage.
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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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@greenpartyni Fight to have ban from your country, all European nations should do the same. This is not about infringing free speech, it's about dealing with a cancer that is destroying societies with misinformation and propaganda to suit the agenda of a tech billionaire.
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I hope other GPs follow. Honestly embarrassing the number of times I’ve had this convo with members/candidates who insist it is better to stay and “balance it out”. Complete nonsense
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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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@greenpartyni
Since I (and many others ) figured this one out years ago we are already here
So
Welcome, what took you so long !
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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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@greenpartyni so musk performing the Nazi salute was not enough for you, you needed more?
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@greenpartyni I'd say “welcome to Mastodon” but I see you've already met the welcoming committee!
I wish @plaidcymru would do this - they do have a profile here, but that dates back to November 2022 (when the Welsh Mastodon server was briefly in the media's eye here) and they haven't posted since a fortnight after they joined. Not even cross-posting from other platforms, which would cost them nothing, presumably.
But then @ZackPolanski is no better - and yes, I know he's not your leader!
@nic @plaidcymru @ZackPolanski thank you. I started this account when I volunteered to manage our social media. We have 10 different accounts to attend to. Plus figuring out what to post when and where! And making videos. And planning ahead. Really it’s a full time job!
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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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@greenpartyni Good. Better late than never
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@noodlemaz @d10c4n3 @JimmyB behind every avatar is a person!
@greenpartyni @d10c4n3 @JimmyB lol not you guys, the other person I was talking with who had a go at you for not leaving earlier!
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@nic @plaidcymru @ZackPolanski thank you. I started this account when I volunteered to manage our social media. We have 10 different accounts to attend to. Plus figuring out what to post when and where! And making videos. And planning ahead. Really it’s a full time job!
@greenpartyni this is going to be a niche space, at least for the foreseeable, but you will have a disproportionate level of engagement here, if you put a bit of time into it. Obviously, time is not a infinite resource, so good luck!
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@greenpartyni Why are you still on Facecrook, Instasham, TikCock, PooTube, Redshit, Deads and PooSky?
Switch to @loops, @pixelfed, Friendica, Lemmy/PieFed, anywhere else on the Fediverse!
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@greenpartyni I don't suppose 'what took you so long' is appreciated as a reply
@martinvermeer @greenpartyni It was a two-year long snap decision.
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@JimmyB @noodlemaz don’t be so harsh. Yes we probably should have jumped some time ago as many of us wanted to. But we’re a small volunteer led democratic party with a lot of other things to attend to. And our local press were still there and potentially people who needed to hear our messaging. We’ve mostly been cross-posting with very little engagement so it was not a priority item until the latest outrage.
@noodlemaz @greenpartyni ok - firstly: I need to apologise. I do not want to criticise the decision to stay or leave. I fully get why folks are still there
For me - and I’m sure I expressed myself badly - it’s the framing which matters (ie *now* we have to go) which kind of normalises what went before. Anyway… I don’t want to be fighting the Green Party who I support wholeheartedly…
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@martinvermeer @greenpartyni It was a two-year long snap decision.
@alan @martinvermeer no one said it was “snap”.
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@greenpartyni Why are you still on Facecrook, Instasham, TikCock, PooTube, Redshit, Deads and PooSky?
Switch to @loops, @pixelfed, Friendica, Lemmy/PieFed, anywhere else on the Fediverse!
@mast0d0nphan @loops @pixelfed Simply put, we have to be where our (potential) voters are!
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@alan @martinvermeer no one said it was “snap”.
Seriously, navigating NI politics is a full time job done by a committed group of passionate volunteers. Some things take time to be ‘obvious’ when you’re holding down full time jobs elsewhere and so many issues to address!@greenpartyni @martinvermeer I'm involved in volunteer organizations, believe me I know the challenges. Still, two years to drop the platform owned by a guy who offered us a Nazi salute? Yeah, my sarcasm stands.
Now I'll forgive you still having X and FB on your website, that takes more work than an email vote on "should we drop X", composing a good-bye post, waiting a few months, and hitting the close account button.
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@greenpartyni @martinvermeer I'm involved in volunteer organizations, believe me I know the challenges. Still, two years to drop the platform owned by a guy who offered us a Nazi salute? Yeah, my sarcasm stands.
Now I'll forgive you still having X and FB on your website, that takes more work than an email vote on "should we drop X", composing a good-bye post, waiting a few months, and hitting the close account button.
@alan @greenpartyni Still, they got there in the end.
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@alan @greenpartyni Still, they got there in the end.
@martinvermeer @greenpartyni Oh yeah, better late than never 100%.
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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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@greenpartyni I am pleased to hear that. It's the right thing to do.
While you're at it, any chance you could have a word with your friends in the Green Party of England and Wales? They seem to still be on Twitter, and, as you have realised, that's becoming rather hard to defend.
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@greenpartyni Now ditch Threads & Facebook.
Zukerberg isn't much better than Musk, though smarter.@raymaccarthy
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It's still better to do it step by step than not doing at all…@wariat @greenpartyni
Yes.And in N.I itself the UK institutionalised bigotry in the 1998 GFA. Only the parties declaring as "Unionist" and "Nationalist" can be in power (First Minister & Deputy Minister MUST come from those two.
That is a big issue for the Greens and Alliance party. Getting seats is a first step for those parties. A region where in many places you need to put up Election posters late at night etc.
Outsiders suffer bigotry from Nationalists, Republicans & worst Unionists.
