Elon Musk’s X suspended an account for “White Dudes for Harris” after massive fundraiser raised $4 million for the Vice President.
  • maegul (he/they)@lemmy.mlEnglish
    112·
    5 months ago

    So from the outside, this is looking like an increasingly difficult situation for anyone left of trump still on twitter … whatever you like about the platform … it seems you’re actively supporting and endorsing some pretty sketchy behaviour.

    • bss03@infosec.pub
      7·
      5 months ago

      I finally deactivated my account after I heard they were turning on Grok by default.

      But, I hadn’t tweeted (switched to Mastodon) since Elmu mass-banned journalists for retweeting public information (jet location when near an airport).

      I know some non-fascists are still getting good use out of it, but I can’t participate anymore. I keep hearing that Mastodon is letting too much abuse through to marginalized people – even more than Twitter – though. So, I don’t know what to recommend for microblogging.

      • maegul (he/they)@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        5 months ago

        Mastodon is letting too much abuse through to marginalized people – even more than Twitter – though. So, I don’t know what to recommend for microblogging.

        Yea it’s a bit tough ATM. Straddling between masto and BlueSky might make sense (many are doing it it seems).

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    5 months ago
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      • umbrella@lemmy.ml
        12·
        5 months ago

        so why is ‘white dude for harris’ not on mastodon, instagram, bluesky or whatever the alternative is instead?

        twitter, as you say yourself is not a useable source of information or platform for people not on the nazi part of the political spectrum.

        its not like a public space we can take over. musk has all the control over who even gets seen.

        • Tiefling IRL
          12·
          5 months ago

          Likely because those are vastly under populated compared to Xitter. When running promo, you have to go where the people are sadly. It’s harder to make people come to you.

        • bss03@infosec.pub
          4·
          5 months ago

          I thought it was founded on Mastodon. At least that’s where I heard about it, 5 days or so before the fundraising call on Monday.

      • YeetPics@mander.xyz
        2·
        5 months ago

        Ignoring hyper-spoiled man-children and their fancy toys is EXACTLY how you deal with those types…

        Also, by ignoring it you cut out any ad revenue you would otherwise be generating for them.

  • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    5 months ago

    But the FREEZED PEACH. And the MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS.

    Are we saying that weird Elon doesn’t actually support these things?

    • sparkle@lemm.eeCymraeg
      1·
      5 months ago

      Twitter. Or, Twitter is its deadname. I think it’s ironic since Musk deadnames trans people intentionally because he’s a mega-transphobe. X will never be anything other than “Twitter”.