[Members] Re: Removing the XSF presence on Twitter/X

+1 to leaving X for all of the reasons you cited On Fri, Jan 24, 2025, 1:36 AM Matthew Wild <mwild1(a)gmail.com> wrote: >On Fri, 24 Jan 2025 at 09:16, Mathieu Pasquet <mathieui(a)mathieui.net> >wrote: > > > > Good day everyone, > > > > The topic has come up in the xsf@ chatroom, and it has been >suggested that we take this topic to the mailing list, so I will be >doing just that. > > > > Twitter was never a spotless social network (is there any?), but it >did allow at one point somewhat global communication; nowadays it is >mostly a far-right echo chamber [1][2], that its owner (a man who is >very used to racist dogwhistles [3][4], transphobic discourse [5], and >other ways [6] of denying the humanity of a sizeable portion of the >world’s population, essentially a 4chan troll, which is quite clear >for anyone who has seen him tweet) is using to propel his nazi or >nazi-adjacent champions [7][8][9] across the world in the hope that >they win elections. My personal opinion is that staying there is not >taking a neutral political stance., if that is something the XSF is >interested in. > > > I assume this needs a decision by the board or a member vote, so >here I am. > > The topic came up last year [11] but I do not believe a decision was >reached. > >There was some support last year for not disrupting things in a >knee-jerk reaction, and the conclusion was to "wait and see". I think >all we've seen is more reason to leave. > >I remain of the opinion that the value of being on that platform has >been small or negative for quite some time, and has been decreasing >for years. I won't be sad to see the XSF leave it. As pointed out in >the chat, I think there are many reasons to leave, and I think these >days anyone would struggle to find a reason to remain. > >Regards, >Matthew