Roel NeumannJan 26
Leave X - Protect Democracy

Only 17% of Austrian MPs are still on X.
Compare that to Sweden, 66%, the Netherlands, 63%, and the EU, 58%, that gap is striking.

Finland is often cited as a leader in digital literacy and counter-disinformation. It makes me curious how Finnish politicians assess X today, as a neutral platform, or as an active disinformation risk.

Which European country will be the first to seriously lead by example and walk away from this disinformation machine?

#X #disinformation #Finland #LeaveX

Jan 26 at 7:27amTusky
Show threadPaulaToThePeople 😷Jan 26
@leavex I don't know about "still". Do you have stats on how many ever were on X?
Austrian MPs don't understand social (or antisocial) media.
Show threadVeza85UEJan 26
@PaulaToThePeople @leavex See also: all of CEE, twitter was never relevant there outside of Poland, the biggest but also the most "Tu vuo fa l'Americano" of all the countries in the region.
For a third of the EU, the preferred method of brainrot, Russian propaganda and general disinformation has always been Facebook, later joined by tiktok.
Show threadSzewekJan 26

@Veza85UE @PaulaToThePeople @leavex

I was so disgusted during the last presidential campaign in Poland that even the liberal media constantly sued X as their source of news and opinons. Like, they had a session during the post-election evening, in which they just went through "who-wrote-what-on-X", mixing actual politicians with X influencers...

Show threadSzewekJan 26
@Veza85UE @PaulaToThePeople @leavex But yeah, otherwise even in Poland, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok dominate brainrot, and are full of Russian bots.
Show threadVeza85UEJan 26
@szewek @PaulaToThePeople @leavex First social media destroyed the financial model of journalism, which is where I can have sympathy, we suddenly all wanted news for free. And THEN the algorithm genuinely shredded most journalists' brains. Watching them on twitter during the pandemic was a  moment. And some politicians', like Radek Sikorski or our Minister of Transport. I'm convinced if twitter were banned in the EU both would download a VPN and inject it in their veins like Medvedev.
Show threadSzewekJan 26

@Veza85UE @PaulaToThePeople @leavex

Haha, yeah, Radek Sikorski surely is a Twitter addict, it fits his style of "debating" (WTF they tought him and Orban in Oxford).

By "our Minister of Transport" which country do you mean?

Show threadVeza85UEJan 26

@szewek @PaulaToThePeople @leavex
There's a lesson in there about the unwarranted respect most Europeans have for anglos and anglo institutions like Oxford that produced brainwormed grifters in both the UK and the US.

Oscar Puente, Spanish Minister of Transport. Look at these cringey middleaged bros (and EU "Senators" making EU law in their respective Councils 😭):

Show threadFlicJan 26
@szewek @Veza85UE @PaulaToThePeople @leavex this has been British media for at least a decade. They are all addicted and can't see it.
Show threadGeorg KuryJan 27

@PaulaToThePeople @leavex

I have written an email to all Green MPs who still have an account on X. Ralph Schallmeiner left X a few days ago. Meri Disoki has an inactive X account with an exit post. She fears a possible fake account if she leaves X completely. I am in contact with other Green MPs who will leave X in the next months. We are working on it.

Show threadLeave X - Protect DemocracyJan 27
@PaulaToThePeople @c_ozwei well done!
Show threadAnni writes super-good books!Jan 27
@c_ozwei @PaulaToThePeople @leavex ORF TV should stop quoting x in their news AS well.
Show threadDieter KomenderaJan 29
@c_ozwei Danke, wenn ich dir/euch da was helfen kann, dann lass es mich wissen!
Show threadGeorg KuryJan 29

RE: https://gruene.social/@netzbegruenung/115629009264463292

@DieterKomendera Ich würde einen Mastodon/Fediverse-Stand beim nächsten Bundeskongress gut finden.

So wie beim Bundeskongress der deutschen Grünen 2025:

https://graz.social/@netzbegruenung@gruene.social/115629009458289084

Show threadnetzbegrünungJan 29
@c_ozwei @DieterKomendera gebt Bescheid, wir schauen gerne, dass wir das möglich machen :)
Show threadAngelo Massaro 🇪🇺Jan 26
@leavex if you don't mind sharing, what's the current percentage for Italian MPs?
Show threadLeave X - Protect DemocracyJan 26
@angelomassaro someone needs to scrape their data. I'm currently focused on the German MPs.
Show threadAngelo Massaro 🇪🇺Jan 26
@leavex no worries, thanks
Show threadAndreas AlbrechtJan 26
@leavex Looking forward to see the German results.
The percentage will surely be too high - but it needs to be put in perspective: How many were there at max?
Show threadVladka MarieJan 26
@leavex I think that X / Twitter was always a second option after Facebook. While a lot of people has already left X, they are still on FB, which is not less harmful and toxic.
Show threadLucasJan 26
@leavex Left X last week, felt good, now I am here 👍
Show threadHansJan 26
@leavex I also don't get why people head to X to complain about X. A bit like people that reply-to all when someone accidentally sent an email to all by some distribution list by accident. Keep quiet.
Show threadRegJan 26

@leavex

Suspect that MPs will be on Xitter for as long as journalists are on Xitter, and when journalists move the MPs will follow them.

Leaving X and joining X's liberal equivalent (BSky) instead probably isn't optimal either, but this seems to be the most likely next destination for MPs and journalists.