datum (n=1)1d ago

Hey Mastodon check it out: national Green leaders are coming to Fedi!

any others?

#Green #GreenParty #MastodonMigration

Zack Polanski (@[email protected])

3.69K Posts, 0 Following, 1.15K Followers · Green Party Leader. London Assembly Member. 🏳️‍🌈 (bot from x to mastodon managed by mastox.eu, contact @admin for any information)

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Show threadBroadfork21h ago

@datum Zack Polanski’s account is bridged. It’s better than having no presence on the fediverse but only just.

Bridged accounts offer no interaction. I follow some for information but I will not boost them.

Show threadMostlyTato21h ago
@Broadfork @datum
Same here. I'm somewhat ambivalent about it. It's a presence but more for reach for interaction, which is antithetical to my fedi use. I sometimes block such accounts because they are injecting X content into Mastodon but can't be bothered actually being present.
Show threadBroadfork20h ago

@MostlyTato I mostly do the same. I don’t like seeing x content in the fediverse. Unfortunately the GPEW only have a small presence on mastodon so I follow this account for info.

Sadly, they probably equate lack of boosts on these bridged accounts as lack of support for setting up an actual presence on mastodon.

I would like to see a Green Party EW instance on mastodon.

Molly Scott Cato, Green MEP, was here briefly back when people asked for political toots to be behind a CW.

@datum

Show threadMostlyTato19h ago
@Broadfork @datum
For me that's the entire problem: attitude.
Seeing not getting support as a reason not to engage, when you can't be bothered engaging in the first place to get support, is an attitude problem.
Just because I agree with many of their policies doesn't mean they automatically deserve my vote.
The saying 'be the change you want to see' very much applies to Fedi Vs X and Facebook.
Show threadBroadfork18h ago

@MostlyTato That was purely my own reasoning. I have nothing to suggest it is actually the case.

I am a supporter of and have voted for Green Party candidates in many elections but I have never joined any political party and I don’t know if that will change.

Each election I weigh up who will best represent me.

I am not drawn to party politics at all. I do like that Green Party MP’s are not whipped. Every MP in parliament should be free to vote as their conscience dictates.

@datum

Show threadMostlyTato
@Broadfork @datum
Same here, I have zero partisan affiliation and I judge on policy alone. Unfortunately, not just the policies of who I might vote for, but the policies of who I will vote against.
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