"Everyone (myself included) who is still on Twitter has some hard questions to ask themselves. There is no pretending any more that Twitter is anything other than a far-right social network headed by a CEO who revels in chaos and is platforming extremism. So why are news organisations still on it? Why is anyone who considers themselves to have liberal values still on it?"
"The EU has just sent formal letter to Elon Musk over "indications" that Twitter/X is “being used to disseminate illegal content and disinformation in the EU" in the wake of Hamas’ attacks on Israel."
Imagine if you started a blog somewhere and were posting to it for years, gathering an audience, expressing your ideas.
And then one day the service provider just locked your blog behind a login-wall, removing your blog from the digital commons and enclosing is as part of their digital capital.
#Twitter/ #X is potentially violating U.S. sanctions by accepting payments for subscription accounts on the social media platform from terrorist organizations barred from doing business in the country — including Hezbollah leaders and Houthi groups — a report found.
Visa stopped posting on Twitter.
Etsy stopped posting on Twitter.
Adobe stopped posting on Twitter.
Lady Gaga stopped posting on Twitter.
Taylor Swift stopped posting on Twitter.
Mastercard stopped posting on Twitter.
McDonald's stopped posting on Twitter.
Emboitant le pas de l'#université d'Aix-#Marseille, nous avons pris la décision aujourd'hui de suspendre notre communication sur #X / #Twitter. Nous avons également invité notre communauté et nos tutelles à nous rejoindre, ici même, sur #mastodon.
From a city councillor in #Toronto and a reminder why government shouldn't abdicate the town square to unaccountable private apps like #Facebook, #Twitter, or #Threads.
Governments host their own email; they can now host their own social media.
Das Aktionsbündnis neue Soziale Medien hat heute an die #Hochschulen in Deutschland appelliert, ihre Accounts bei #X (vormals #Twitter) baldmöglichst still zu legen.
In dem Appell wird darauf hingewiesen, dass die Präsenz bei X/Twitter aufgrund der dort betriebenen #Desinformation und politischen Hetze nicht dem Aufklärungsanspruch der Hochschulen gerecht wird. Gleichzeitig sollten Präsenzen auf #Mastodon und anderen Servern im #Fediverse aufgebaut werden, deren dezentrale und moderierte Gestaltung viel eher mit den Regeln eines demokratischen und nachhaltigen Miteinanders vereinbar ist.
Last year we released a statement in which we said we will continue “to monitor changes at Twitter in conjunction with internal discussions about whether our presence on the platform will continue.”
We now announce that as of today, 20 October 2023, all our #socialmedia engagements will be from this Mastodon account, as well as LinkedIn and YouTube, and none from our 5 #Twitter / X accounts.
Nature reports that scientists are leaving Twitter. Overwhelmed by anti-science and far-right material, which is often shoved at them by the site’s trending topics and other algorithmic feeds…
Just wanted to point out, with the ongoing #spam attack on #fediverse / #misskey / #mastodon, this kind of happens on every social network. The only reason you are hearing about it is because #moderation#staff is normal users who use the normal channels to talk about it, and we actually take it way more seriously than the corporate social networks do.
Like, this represents most of the traffic on #Twitter, and they don't seem to care, so it speaks volumes about the fact that you can see us talking about how we don't want that here.
Over on Xitter, Elon praised a post blaming Jews for the Great Replacement written by a guy who said Hitler was right and all these liberals with big accounts are generating a bunch of revenue for him by castigating him for it on his own site.
IBM says it has "zero tolerance for hate speech and discrimination" and has "immediately suspended" all advertising on #X following a report that the platform ran IBM ads alongside pro-Nazi material. #Twitter
Some 100 Jewish organization leaders sign a letter accusing Elon Musk of making the social media platform formerly known as #Twitter, a “breeding ground for some of the most dangerous antisemitic discourse in America.” https://www.xouthate.org/
"By all objective metrics X is a much healthier and safer platform than it was a year ago."
-Linda Yaccarino, CEO of the Company Formerly Known as Twitter
She didn't even crack a hint of a smile. Just... said this like it was real.
Babe, I hope you are getting your pay upfront for this gig because it might be hard to find work after telling lies like this with a dead-serious face. #twitter#yaccarino#ElonMusk
Scientists, disturbed by anti-science and far-right content, starting to leave Twitter (boingboing.net)
Nature reports that scientists are leaving Twitter. Overwhelmed by anti-science and far-right material, which is often shoved at them by the site’s trending topics and other algorithmic feeds…
Elon's entire thought process when deciding to rename Twitter to 'X.'