Ancestors

Written by Dan Gillmor on 2024-08-15 at 15:27

When I stopped being active at Twitter, I had more than 45,000 followers and a moderate amount of engagement (replies, retweets, etc.).

I have a third fewer followers here, and at least 10 times the genuine engagement. Sure, some bots, but most of it is genuine -- and useful.

I no longer see what (some) people I respect are saying publicly. I miss their thoughts, and wish they'd recognize that by staying active there they are supporting a dangerous extremist.

They feel trapped. They're not.

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Toot

Written by charvaka on 2024-08-15 at 15:42

@dangillmor I had over 10,000 followers there, I have fewer than 1,000 here. I have more engagement AND fewer shouting matches here.

The people who are still active on #Xitter know that they are enabling the fascist-curious #oligarch who is rooting for civil war to end democracy. They just don't mind that as much as they are afraid of losing their large follower counts. They are #complicit.

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Descendants

Written by Budgegeria 🦜 on 2024-08-16 at 08:44

@charvaka @dangillmor What they also do is sharing Harris and Walz content that fascists want to see disappear on Twitter.

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