No one would argue that liberals had an obligation to try to persuade people on a platform owned by an active ally of MBS, or Putin, or Orban. And yet, that's exactly the argument @jerusalem.bsky.social is making in the case of X. It's wrong on basically every count.
That's exactly how I feel about this (I left twiitter in 2023, deleted everything), but I wouldn't have been able to state it as succintly, so thank you!
In conclusion: We—those of us who believe in democracy—shouldn’t be on X. We shouldn’t use it to persuade anyone. We should destroy it. Musk isn’t a bad referee—he’s a dictator. X isn’t a way to engage in democracy—it’s a way to promote dictatorship.
You catch the URL?
X appears to be engaging in as much shadowbanning in the Trump era as it was in the Biden era. Those promises didn't amount to much.
Right?! “Only doing it to fight MAGA” No, boycott X, Tesla and any Elon products! Damage done! No second chances for fascist! #musktakedown
It strikes me that this is like someone making a case for liberals or leftists to be Fox News viewers
She is making the "Germans could have persuaded enough Nazis to stop Hitler if only enough socialists had published in "der stuermer"-" argument. And all it does is helping fascism to be normalized.
He is pure evil deep in the hell , a fascist. apertheid, anti-science, whose only goal is make this country apertheid. Nobody should use this pure evil anything.
I can’t understand the Democratic leadership that remains only on x. What’s the point?
Also, denial. I think some of them refuse to acknowledge the reality of this political moment.
pandering to the center and right.
I don't think it's pandering. Democratic leadership are ideologically center and right.
Fair point
if you're on X you support fascism, hatred, and bigotry. Full stop.
what if I'm only there to post criticism of The Pig and Grimes's Ex?
are you asking if the money they generate from your web traffic is different from the money they generate from anyone else's Web traffic on that site?
fair