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Re:XCancel Taken Down Again by MPSimmons on Monday September 14, 2026 @06:24AM (#49694561)
It seems intellectually dishonest to blanket-label any principled stance that you disagree with as "virtue signaling".
Re:XCancel Taken Down Again by pickleRick243 on Monday September 14, 2026 @06:34AM (#49694660)
I think the claim is that the principled stance would be to ignore all X content.
Re:XCancel Taken Down Again by ceejayoz on Monday September 14, 2026 @06:37AM (#49694688)
Which is just the "yet you participate in society" meme again.
Re:XCancel Taken Down Again by bbg2401 on Monday September 14, 2026 @12:32PM (#49699637)
No, it's not. Don't be so intellectually lazy.

The author of the comment higher up is describing a person who is boycotting X because they are strongly against its stewardship and moderation but regardless continues to find ways to indulge themselves in the content produced by users of X, for other users of X.

How else should we describe the position held? It's clearly not entirely principled and veers directly into performative action (i.e. virtue signalling).

I admit I'm not nor have been a Twitter/X user so am able to look at the situation without a sense of entitlement or attachment.

Re:XCancel Taken Down Again by ceejayoz on Monday September 14, 2026 @01:44PM (#49700909)
> The author of the comment higher up is describing a person who is boycotting X because they are strongly against its stewardship and moderation but regardless continues to find ways to indulge themselves in the content produced by users of X, for other users of X.

Yes. Because we have to participate in a society in which sometimes, that's where the info is. Some towns only post their announcements on Facebook/X! Some people prominent on my framework of choice are only on X.

> How else should we describe the position held? It's clearly not entirely principled and veers directly into performative action (i.e. virtue signalling).

Virtue isn't a binary. I can reduce my externalities, even if I can't eliminate them.