Andrew Stroehlein

"so long as you [ie, politicians] use X as your main outlet for news updates, you are dragging us along with you."

If EU politicians left X, journalists and the general public would thank them "for giving us one more reason to get off X ourselves"
https://euobserver.com/EU%20&%20the%20World/ar1eb43d53

Why EU leaders should get off Musk's X

Leaders should ask themselves - is X really what I want my brand to be associated with?

EUobserver
Sep 4, 2024 at 9:37amWeb
Show threadOliver SchafeldSep 4, 2024
Nice choice of header image. I took the liberty to add a "fly".
Show threadKid ManiaSep 4, 2024

@oliver_schafeld

"If you're still on Twitter does that mean you're a fascist?
Of course not.
It just means fascism isn't a deal breaker for you."
-- Aral Balkan

Show threadfritzoidsSep 4, 2024

@andrewstroehlein

well, especially since the EU seems to have their own instance @ec.social-network.europa.eu

Show threadgalarSep 5, 2024
@fritzoids @andrewstroehlein Also they could just cross-post. Don't even need to leave. Just give people choice where to follow them.
Show threadGustavoSep 4, 2024
@andrewstroehlein I heard that some Brazilian government websites are getting attacked after the X block. I guess that's the people wanting to use it for disinformation campaigns as they lost a huge platform for that. And, since elections are going to happen, they are trying everything.
Show threadSmiling KenshiSep 4, 2024
@andrewstroehlein I think journalists love X more than politicians do.
Show threadjake has moved to mstdn.socialSep 4, 2024
@andrewstroehlein *twitter
Show threadJason Bellew,💻🤠🏳️‍🌈🐻‍❄️🖖🏻Sep 4, 2024

@andrewstroehlein Honestly, if we want politicians to stop using X then it's up to the journalist to stop using X or linking to X or posting that a politician responded via X.

Politicians follow where the message gets out; if X is no longer quoted or a politician's message from X isn't in a news report than they will see it nomlonger serves them and will stop using it.

Show threadDiogo ConstantinoSep 4, 2024
@andrewstroehlein same for all facebook properties.
https://fedigov.eu/
FediGov

federated communication for authorities

Show threadxs4me2Sep 4, 2024
@andrewstroehlein Exactly!
Show threadDanSep 4, 2024
@andrewstroehlein I asked the same thing about major brands.
Often one of the only things that drags me back to Xitter is to try and engage a brand who otherwise is ignoring a request.
I thought they should just pool some advertising dollars and start "Brandodon" which would be a curated Mastodon instance for Brands. Completely within their own control and no longer reliant on the whims of a mad man.
Show thread(((Baslow)))Sep 4, 2024

@andrewstroehlein

Admittedly, something of a tangent, in that I address myself to a different audience and advocate a broader and more radical undertaking to reduce complicity, but...what the hell... I'll post it here anyway.
https://seizethemeans.communitarium.org/baslow/breaking-free-why-21st-century-activism-cant-just-meet-people-where-they-live

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Breaking Free: Why 21st Century Activism Can’t Just Meet People Where They Live

The framed comic on my wall, titled Trippy from Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, sums up a frustrating paradox that I’ve seen in progressive activism over the last few decades. It shows a character telling comrades: ...

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