Skip to content
  • Categories
  • Recent
  • Tags
  • Popular
  • World
  • Users
  • Groups
Skins
  • Light
  • Brite
  • Cerulean
  • Cosmo
  • Flatly
  • Journal
  • Litera
  • Lumen
  • Lux
  • Materia
  • Minty
  • Morph
  • Pulse
  • Sandstone
  • Simplex
  • Sketchy
  • Spacelab
  • United
  • Yeti
  • Zephyr
  • Dark
  • Cyborg
  • Darkly
  • Quartz
  • Slate
  • Solar
  • Superhero
  • Vapor

  • Default (Darkly)
  • No Skin
Collapse
Brand Logo
  1. Home
  2. Uncategorized
  3. We’re leaving X.

We’re leaving X.

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Uncategorized
90 Posts 45 Posters 250 Views
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • ikutursoI ikuturso

    @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.

    Dec [{(:no_ai:)}]D This user is from outside of this forum
    Dec [{(:no_ai:)}]D This user is from outside of this forum
    Dec [{(:no_ai:)}]
    wrote on last edited by
    #79

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

    JimmyB (he/him)J ikutursoI 2 Replies Last reply
    0
    • Dec [{(:no_ai:)}]D Dec [{(:no_ai:)}]

      @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.

      Green Party NIG This user is from outside of this forum
      Green Party NIG This user is from outside of this forum
      Green Party NI
      wrote on last edited by
      #80

      @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!

      Dec [{(:no_ai:)}]D 1 Reply Last reply
      0
      • Dec [{(:no_ai:)}]D Dec [{(:no_ai:)}]

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

        JimmyB (he/him)J This user is from outside of this forum
        JimmyB (he/him)J This user is from outside of this forum
        JimmyB (he/him)
        wrote on last edited by
        #81

        @dec23k @noodlemaz @harri @ikuturso yeah - exactly. I’m not discriminating between depths of fascism

        1 Reply Last reply
        0
        • Green Party NIG Green Party NI

          @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!

          Dec [{(:no_ai:)}]D This user is from outside of this forum
          Dec [{(:no_ai:)}]D This user is from outside of this forum
          Dec [{(:no_ai:)}]
          wrote on last edited by
          #82

          I was involved in the campaign to repeal the 8th amendment for a few years.
          When I wasn't collecting petition signatures at stalls or holding up one end of a banner or marching through Dublin or Belfast in the rain, a lot of campaigning was organised and done online, including on Twitter.
          (planning was done in-person or on Signal, for opsec).

          Some throttling of progressive voices was going on before 2022, but it got worse after the divorced dad walked into Twitter HQ with a kitchen sink.

          1 Reply Last reply
          0
          • Dec [{(:no_ai:)}]D Dec [{(:no_ai:)}]

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

            ikutursoI This user is from outside of this forum
            ikutursoI This user is from outside of this forum
            ikuturso
            wrote on last edited by
            #83

            @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.

            Dec [{(:no_ai:)}]D 1 Reply Last reply
            0
            • ikutursoI ikuturso

              @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.

              Dec [{(:no_ai:)}]D This user is from outside of this forum
              Dec [{(:no_ai:)}]D This user is from outside of this forum
              Dec [{(:no_ai:)}]
              wrote on last edited by
              #84

              @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.

              JimmyB (he/him)J 1 Reply Last reply
              0
              • Green Party NIG Green Party NI

                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.

                1/2

                Squozen 🇪🇺S This user is from outside of this forum
                Squozen 🇪🇺S This user is from outside of this forum
                Squozen 🇪🇺
                wrote on last edited by
                #85

                @greenpartyni well done, but it should have happened years ago.

                1 Reply Last reply
                0
                • Dec [{(:no_ai:)}]D Dec [{(:no_ai:)}]

                  @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.

                  JimmyB (he/him)J This user is from outside of this forum
                  JimmyB (he/him)J This user is from outside of this forum
                  JimmyB (he/him)
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #86

                  @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

                  ikutursoI 1 Reply Last reply
                  0
                  • JimmyB (he/him)J JimmyB (he/him)

                    @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

                    ikutursoI This user is from outside of this forum
                    ikutursoI This user is from outside of this forum
                    ikuturso
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #87

                    @JimmyB @dec23k @harri @noodlemaz I don't see it. Everything except the Brexit thing applies to Musk's X too and I don't even know what you mean by enthusiastic support there.

                    There's just so much more when it comes to Elon's meddling even just with the UK and while I have no proof I think it's safe to assume some of it is more subtle (putting his thumb on the algorithmic scale at X, working behind the scenes) in his case also.

                    1 Reply Last reply
                    0
                    • Green Party NIG Green Party NI

                      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.

                      1/2

                      axel.A This user is from outside of this forum
                      axel.A This user is from outside of this forum
                      axel.
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #88

                      @greenpartyni @raumfahrttutnot Welcome!

                      1 Reply Last reply
                      0
                      • Green Party NIG Green Party NI

                        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.

                        1/2

                        Green Party NIG This user is from outside of this forum
                        Green Party NIG This user is from outside of this forum
                        Green Party NI
                        wrote last edited by
                        #89

                        @leavex
                        💚🫶💚

                        Leave X - Protect DemocracyL 1 Reply Last reply
                        0
                        • Green Party NIG Green Party NI

                          @leavex
                          💚🫶💚

                          Leave X - Protect DemocracyL This user is from outside of this forum
                          Leave X - Protect DemocracyL This user is from outside of this forum
                          Leave X - Protect Democracy
                          wrote last edited by
                          #90

                          @greenpartyni 💚

                          1 Reply Last reply
                          0
                          Reply
                          • Reply as topic
                          Log in to reply
                          • Oldest to Newest
                          • Newest to Oldest
                          • Most Votes


                          • Login

                          • Don't have an account? Register

                          • Login or register to search.
                          Powered by NodeBB Contributors
                          • First post
                            Last post
                          0
                          • Categories
                          • Recent
                          • Tags
                          • Popular
                          • World
                          • Users
                          • Groups