EFF is leaving X • Hacker News Board

Re: EFF is leaving X

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Post by nslsm » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 5:21 PM UTC

sgt wrote: post #7

nslsm wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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A sandbox, sure, but a toxic one?

We all have a different definition of toxic. HN gets really toxic sometimes, but it goes with the ideology of the site, so it’s like nobody notices. And that applies to all platforms, including Twitter.

Re: EFF is leaving X

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Post by thomasarmel » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 5:23 PM UTC

Thanks, maybe I can suggest posting here the statement in their website instead of the tweet, in order to avoid generating traffic on X

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Post by postepowanieadm » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 5:23 PM UTC

I will follow them on linkedin.

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Post by snayan » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 5:23 PM UTC

nickdothutton wrote: post #3

These are interesting numbers for engagement but don't mean as much without equivalent stats for the other platforms. It's a little like when a news story quotes only a percentage (but not the absolute figure in $) or vice versa.

Agreed.

Assuming they use the same principles everywhere, they're getting more views on Mastodon and Bluesky? That is surprising.

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 5:24 PM UTC

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Post by ks2048 » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 5:24 PM UTC

> To put it bluntly, an X post today receives less than 3% of the views a single tweet delivered seven years ago.

That's a huge drop. It could be changes to the algorithm or it could be their former readers are no longer on X. I suppose it's both.

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Post by daft_pink » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 5:25 PM UTC

Duplicate: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47706120

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Post by minimaxir » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 5:25 PM UTC

mrits wrote: post #8

"The math hasn’t worked out for a while now." How lazy do you have to be to not like this math. They act like tweeting is some sort of significant effort.

Tweeting is easy. Managing the weirdos that respond to your tweets is hard.

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Post by mellosouls » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 5:25 PM UTC

If they justify it in terms of reach and impressions then say they will still be on BlueSky and Mastodon then you know it's purely ideological.

Which is fine but just be honest about it.

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Post by Brendinooo » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 5:27 PM UTC

That statement pretty clearly shows that they have certain ideological concerns that they value more highly than the kind of stuff we tend to think the EFF primarily cares about (digital privacy, open source, patent trolling, etc).

Through that lens, I guess it makes sense that they see TikTok, Instagram, and BlueSky as worth their time and presence but not X.