Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Nov 13, 2024

Guardian quits X social media platform, citing racism and conspiracy theories
https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/guardian-quits-x-social-media-platform-citing-racism-and-conspiracy-theories-1.7108510

COMMENT: long overdue; what about the rest of you still on X? 🤔 🙏

Here in Canada months ago 2 leading 2SLGBTQIA+ advocates closed their X accounts.

EGALE Canada:
https://egale.ca/egale-in-action/egale-leaves-x
https://www.instagram.com/p/C9iK40evMwA

pflag Canada:
https://pflagcanada.ca/pflag-canada-is-closing-our-account-on-x

#Musk #Trump2 #billionaires #fascism #disinformation #antiLGBT #transphobia #ConspiracyTheories #X #Xplattorm #Twitter

Guardian quits X social media platform, citing racism and conspiracy theories

British news publisher the Guardian said on Wednesday it will no longer post to X, citing 'disturbing content' on the social media platform, including racism and conspiracy theories.

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Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Want to quit X? Guide to alternatives
https://popular.info/p/want-to-quit-x-heres-your-guide-to

* Oct 2022: Elon Musk bought Twitter (X) for $44B
* transformed X into megaphone for far-right disinformation
* alternatives: Mastodon | Bluesky | Threads | SubstackNotes

#Twitter #X #Xcorp #disinformation #ToxSocMedia #HateSpeech #misogyny #antiLGBT #homophobia #transphobia
#Trump2 #fascism #extremism #Trumpism
alternatives: #Mastodon #Bluesky #Threads #SubstackNotes
#ElonMusk #billionaires #plutocracy #meritocracy #oligarchy

Want to quit X? Here's your guide to the alternatives

In the wake of the 2024 presidential election, many people are reconsidering how they follow the news.

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Nov 14, 2024 at 3:19pmWeb
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Nov 15, 2024

Everything you need to know about Bluesky
https://www.salon.com/2024/11/15/bluesky-explainer-twitter-x/

* Elon Musk's new DOGE appointment (Trump2) driving people off X, to more positive, healthier social media site
* Bluesky dev. 2019 by small team that also developed Twitter

Comments:
* Mastodon (my pick) or Bluesky or w/e - anything but X/Twitter
* Bluesky corporate; Mastodon not

#disinformation #FarRight #X #Xcorp #Twitter #ElonMusk #oligarchy #fascism #antiLGBT #transphobia
alternatives: #Mastodon << yea! #Bluesky #Threads

Bluesky is giving the Twitter vibes X can't: Here's everything you need to know

Explainer: Everything you need to know about Bluesky, which is giving the Twitter vibes X can't

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