Mastodawn

myrmepropagandist Jul 22, 2023

There is no benefit to anyone on the left being on twitter.

Nina Turner tweeted "Insulin should be free." some libertarians responded "Nina should pick cotton for free."

Did this obvious racism hurt them? No, they now have more followers than ever. Being over there is just being bait for these extremists to build their network.

Grotesque racist images of Nina, rather than being demoted by the algorithm are being *promoted* since the people posting them paid for blue checks.

Leave.

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StuartB Jul 23, 2023

@futurebird
I know several "Leftist", "progressives" who refuse to leave Twitter and/or Facebook, because "that would hurt my brand", or "but I've cultivated these connections over many years".
More than a few of these lead the charge in organising boycotts against retail outlets or restaurant chains for racist/misogynist/transmisogynist policies, yet refuse to do the same for social media.

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StuartB

@futurebird
They don't mind calling out anyone still using boycotted companies because not using them would mske their lives harder, but refuse to do the same themselves.
Boycotting Walmart when it is the only supermarket in 20 miles when you don't drive has to be done, apparently, but binning Meta and X - nah, that's too hard and incovenient.