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Re: EFF is leaving X

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Post by busterarm »

ks2048 wrote: post #16

> 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.

I'm a former EFF member and donor and have an X account. Their engagement problem isn't with X or X's members. It's with the EFF itself.

A decade ago they lost the plot. They pulled some bullshit and lied to their entire membership in order to boost their cronies/friends at the Library of Congress. They framed efforts to keep the LoC under loose Congressional/Presidential oversight and free to do as they want as some Anti-Trump fight. Requests about why they would do this went completely unanswered to the membership.

The EFF Board serves their own goals and believe themselves unaccountable to their membership, so they no longer get my money and I no longer entertain or signal boost their message.

Re: EFF is leaving X

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Post by an0malous »

I closed my X account Tuesday evening after the US-Iran ceasefire was announced. Something just snapped finally and I realized there’s no value in monitoring the situation and all these accounts are just monetizing my energy and attention with no value provided.

The only social media I’m going to keep for now is Reddit and YouTube because I think it’s still a net positive for the educational content, but even those are on the chopping block for me. The whole Internet is being capitalized into junk food, people just push out sensationalized low calorie garbage because they get paid per view. It’s sad to see.

Re: EFF is leaving X

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Post by Glandalf »

jpadkins wrote: post #32
ks2048 wrote: post #16

> 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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Re: EFF is leaving X

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Post by ceejayoz »

bko wrote: post #36

> Musk fired the entire human rights team and laid off staffers in countries where the company previously fought off censorship demands from repressive regimes Is the contention here that there is more censorship on X compared to Twitter pre acquisition? Is X more heavily censored than Facebook or TikTok They go on to say they're still on Facebook and TikTok and explain: > The people who need us most are often the on…

> Is the contention here that there is more censorship on X compared to Twitter pre acquisition?

That's easy to sustain.

Pre-acquisition: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1589414958508691456

Post-acquisition: https://x.com/elonjet

Re: EFF is leaving X

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Post by rockemsockem »

This seems completely unnecessary and performative. I have a hard time understanding how reducing their reach could possibly be helpful to the goals of the organization. I'm definitely going to keep donating to them, but I'm concerned.

Re: EFF is leaving X

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Post by tempaccountabcd »

ceejayoz wrote: post #41
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.

Brand reputation from staying on Twitter is part of the math.

How could you possibly lose reputation from that?

Re: EFF is leaving X

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Post by dijit »

mort96 wrote: post #28
Ir0nMan wrote: post #21

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> you could just post less or use it for major updates Why?

because it’s a marketing channel/feed, just like any other.

meeting people where they are doesn’t inherently mean you support where they are. You just meet the people themselves.

It’s not like X is really gaining anything from the EFF, so it feels a little bit performative. Sure.

Re: EFF is leaving X

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Post by realusername »

jpadkins wrote: post #32
ks2048 wrote: post #16

> 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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I would bet the opposite, Twitter was already a small competitor compared to Facebook and never reached its popularity, switching the audience to the far right likely cut down even more of what was left.
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