CarmineMar 20, 2025

𝗦𝗮𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗯𝘆𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗫/𝗧𝘄𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆 🙂

Two months after #20January, it is even more obvious that choosing transparent and open social networks is a question of digital sovereignty and defending democracy.

Send out a call to your subscribers on all networks, inviting them to exercise their right to data portability from #X to #BlueSky and/or #Mastodon :

- 1 min to associate their accounts and get the first reconnection suggestions

- 3 min to share their X archive for a more complete reconnection.

Video tutorial: https://vimeo.com/1044334098

A single URL: https://openportability.org/en/auth/signin

Tutoriel pour utiliser la plateforme OpenPortability

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CuNhaJan 24, 2025

From what I can see, there seems to be a significant exodus from #X (ex-) and a French app is helping a lot: the @helloQuitX.

And many posts announcing it seem to come with the following message:

"I just did my #eXit! The exodus from X is massive. Don't lose a single one of your subscribers. Thanks to #HelloQuitX I've signed up 4873 new passengers to leave for #BlueSky & #Mastodon. Automatically find your communities on #20January via https://helloquitx.com !"

HelloQuitX - Let's Quit X together]

juli g pausasJan 20, 2025

#20january thoughts:
We should probably stop using not only Twitter but also Meta products (Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram) and Amazon! There are alternatives!

"Sadly today we have a government of the billionaire class, by the billionaire class, for the billionaire class" @sensanders https://youtu.be/CQyE9uqcHj8?si=01nqsWunoU8wD039

"What's called the national interest turns out to be the interest of ... the very rich, the major corporations, ... and not the population, which is basically irrelevant" Noam Chomsky https://youtu.be/AvVyk3KcgWo?si=iQRJZ9hKenfgbGO_

Cartoon by Malagón, from @ctxt https://ctxt.es/es/20250101/Multimedia/48320/Malagon-dientes-Trump-EEUU-redes-sociales-Meta-Twitter-Elon-Musk.htm

JUST IN: Bernie Sanders Issues Dire Warning About State Of U.S. As 2024 Draws To A Close

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Firuz KutalJan 20, 2025
#inauguration #2025 #20January
Patrick VanhouckeJan 20, 2025

Don't forget: today is Penguin Awareness Day. Make sure you know your penguins!

#PenguinAwarenessDay #20January

GK Quiz TodayJan 20, 2025
20 जनवरी का इतिहास आपके ज्ञान को चुनौती देने के लिए तैयार है! 🕰️
जानें इस दिन से जुड़ी अद्भुत घटनाएं और हमारे 20 जनवरी History Quiz में हिस्सा लें।
अभी खेलें और अपने दोस्तों के साथ साझा करें: https://gkquiztoday.com/20-january-history-quiz-in-hindi/
#HistoryQuiz #GKQuizToday #QuizInHindi #20January
20 January History Quiz in Hindi: जानिए 20 जनवरी की ऐतिहासिक घटनाओं के बारे में - GK QUIZ TODAY

20 January History Quiz in Hindi: इतिहास में कुछ तारीखें ऐसी होती हैं जो अपने आप में कई महत्वपूर्ण घटनाओं को समेटे हुए होती हैं। ऐसी ही एक तारीख है 20 जनवरी,

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RTE News HeadlinesJan 17, 2025

[09:10] Trade wars and anti-immigration: Trump's big promises

A sweeping deportation program, ending "transgender lunacy," "drill, baby, drill," and peace for Ukraine: President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to move big and quickly when he returns to the White House on 20 January.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0117/1490827-donald-trump-promises/

#Ukraine #DonaldTrump #theWhiteHouse #20January

Show threadFinchHaven infosecJan 16, 2025

@Heyrros

Here is the full, verbatim text:

"I just did my #eXit! The exodus from X is massive. Don't lose a single one of your subscribers. Thanks to #HelloQuitX I've signed up 952 new passengers to #BlueSky & #Mastodon. Automatically join your communities on #20January via https://app.helloquitx.com !"

Every one is identical, except that the number of "new passengers" changes

I doubt very much that anyone pushing this spam knows that it's being published under their name

cc @welrbraga

HelloQuitteX

Libérez vos espaces numériques

Show threadFinchHaven infosecJan 16, 2025

@welrbraga

It's interesting to note that nowhere on that page (or any other I looked at) does it mention that -- after you enter your Twitter login, and create or enter your Mastodon login, and (I would assume - I'm not on Bluesky) your Bluesky login, the bot seems to send out a spam message on the user's behalf, thus, loaded with popular hashtags

"I've just done my #eXit!
The exodus from X is massive.
Don't lose a single one of your subscribers
Thanks to #HelloQuitX I've signed up 904 new passengers to leave for #BlueSky & #Mastodon. Automatically join your communities on #20January via https://app.helloquitx.com !"

I wonder exactly how many people who have given their Mastodon login to these people know they are being made the authors of this spam?

The only part of the text that varies is the specific number of "new passengers" so clearly the bot is scraping Follower lists -- at the very least

I've #Muted and #Blocked several dozen already

HelloQuitteX

Libérez vos espaces numériques

CoopCircuitsJan 16, 2025

#HelloQuitteX Le choix des outils numériques est politique

CoopCircuits fonctionne grâce à Open Food Network, logiciel libre, inappropriable. Musk, seul, avec quelques Mds$, a pris le contrôle de X parce qu’il s’agit d’une plateforme centralisée.

Ce qu’il a fait avec X, il ne pourrait pas le faire avec Open Food Network : gouvernance démocratique & développement collaboratif garantissent que nos outils ne seront pas accaparés.

https://www.helloquitx.com/ pour prendre part à #HelloQuitX #20January

HelloQuitX - Let's Quit X together]