As we all should. I’m not playing in a billionaire’s toxic propaganda sandbox, neither should you.
Why is your comment getting shadowed. The F is wrong with HN crowd.
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#122If 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.
The article is honest and open about reasons. What is dishonest is to write as if there was something wrong with leaving twittwr for "ideological" reasons.
Citing low engagement numbers as a reason for leaving while continuing to maintain an active Threads account is the opposite of honest.
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#123I don't understand, does it cost them something to copy/paste their posts to X?
Brand reputation. Every brand that chooses to use X implicitly supports X, even if they're not verified & paying X money.
Does anyone seriously think EFF posting to X yesterday tarnished their brand? Be real.
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#124That 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.
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This is to laughably misguided that it leans toward malicious. I mean, you're talking about Elon, the Doge guy, the one who organized mass hoovering of citizens data from whatever sources he could get his grubby mitts on? That Elon? Opposed to mass surveillance?? And then you sprinkle some commonly known truths on top to make your comment palatable ("we're being divided and conquered!"), and finally you add a dash of…
It is malicious, and you shouldn’t be downvoted for calling out someone who is so obviously arguing in bad faith.
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#126Nothing recent made me feel quite as old and out of the loop more as the slowness with which I realized that this is about x.com (Twitter), not x.org (the windowing system).
You're aging well
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#127I 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 a…
You're keeping Reddit of all places? If you want a net win for attention and value, Reddit ain't it.
Reddit is a lot of different things and places. Some subreddit are basically PhpBB forums of old. Though now that discord seemingly took over, most of the closed communities i was part of went there, i don't think i connect more than once a month on average.
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In a two party world where one of those parties has been captured by a fascist movement, there is no "political neutrality". You're either pro-fascist or anti-fascist. And if you care about rights at all, including free speech, then the correct alignment is anti-fascist.
And yes, this is a US centric comment. The EFF is a US based organization and the center of gravity of the tech world they deal with is in the US.
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#130If 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.
Their front page says "The leading nonprofit defending digital privacy, free speech, and innovation for 35 years and counting!"
They are an organization that exists to support an ideological viewpoint. Any political stance is ideological!