Re:EFF is leaving X
by nostrademons on Thursday April 09, 2026 @02:13PM
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I had the opposite impression, that this decision was primarily economic in nature. People (or at least the sort of people interested in the EFF) simply aren't on X/Twitter anymore, and so it's not worth posting there.
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But what is the cost of posting on X? Why do they even have a blue tick?
More than the cost of not posting on X.
That cost should be $0, so that's not the issue.
That cost being $0 would be the most extreme case of the issue.
Re:EFF is leaving X
by solid_fuel on Thursday April 09, 2026 @04:24PM
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It lends legitimacy to a declining site controlled by a white supremacist and filled with more neo-nazi’s by the day.
The fewer legitimate organizations posting on twitter, drawing eyes and views to the site, the better.
Its a bit silly to say that they are declining. For its specific niche (mass short form/viral content) there simply aren't any relevant competitors that even come close.
Yes but they say the cost is not worth it due to the impressions they get, not that's it about politics.