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The Debian Publicity Team will no longer post on X/Twitter

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Re: The Debian Publicity Team will no longer post on X/Twitter

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Post by remram »

nullhole wrote: post #2

Oddly, there is a Debian account on bluesky (debian.bsky.social), but that account isn't listed in the linked article, or on https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Publicity/otherSN Is the bluesky account non-official?

Probably? Wouldn't they use debian.org as their identity?

Re: The Debian Publicity Team will no longer post on X/Twitter

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Post by elcapitan »

I use Debian, and never followed their account there. Like most "official" accounts that now make a big point of leaving X, they only posted a feed of their official pages and contribute nothing that would make it wortwhile to follow or interact with, anyway.

Re: The Debian Publicity Team will no longer post on X/Twitter

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Post by teddyh »

elcapitan wrote: post #7

I use Debian, and never followed their account there. Like most "official" accounts that now make a big point of leaving X, they only posted a feed of their official pages and contribute nothing that would make it wortwhile to follow or interact with, anyway.

An explicit announcement like this, on the official news channel, is almost the definition of virtue signalling. If they don’t want to post to X, that’s fine, and an announcement on X would even be appropriate, and they could criticize X there, which would be useful information for other people using X. But a widely publicized post like this, to everybody not using X? It is obviously only done to signal virtue.

Re: The Debian Publicity Team will no longer post on X/Twitter

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Post by corinroyal »

teddyh wrote: post #8
elcapitan wrote: post #7

I use Debian, and never followed their account there. Like most "official" accounts that now make a big point of leaving X, they only posted a feed of their official pages and contribute nothing that would make it wortwhile to follow or interact with, anyway.

An explicit announcement like this, on the official news channel, is almost the definition of virtue signalling. If they don’t want to post to X, that’s fine, and an announcement on X would even be appropriate, and they could criticize X there, which would be useful information for other people using X. But a widely publicized post like this, to everybody not using X? It is obviously only done to signal virtue.

It's good when people act based on morality and encourage others to do so.

Re: The Debian Publicity Team will no longer post on X/Twitter

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Post by hyperman1 »

nunez wrote: post #5

I wish more businesses will follow suit. Twitter was amazing; it's time has passed.

The ball is starting to roll. My non-IT org had the question asked to the director on last years company all hands meeting. A month later, we now have official guidance that allows bsky and suggests using both. I presume this will shift some more now Musk/Trump are in office, especially if they do loud distastefull things.
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