I wonder if people saying that it's too inconvenient for them to move off of Twitter would have continued to eat at lunch counters in the 1960s that refused service to black people. "Yeah, Woolworth's is reprehensible, but that's where all my friends eat. And besides, they have the best blueberry pie in town."

@dangoodin The argument I hear most often is that since the audience there is so large and international, it's still the best place for social movements to gain traction. This is really hard to quantify, and typically ignores the other side of the coin; that social networks also have a negative impact (e.g. disinformation, targeted harassment, etc.). So we're left debating something we can't really measure. And if everyone just moved here, the network effect could do just as well 🤷‍♂️

@Defiance I'd probably be OK with people using Twitter only to raise awareness about social movements. People tweeting about sports and their cats just seems completely wrong.