Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Even Twitter Off Days

Using algorithms instead of human censors, and (mostly) shadowbanning--nothing new--but to a more pervasive level than ever before, the social media formerly known as Twitter has become an alt-right brainwashing system.

Despite that, due to it's long history as the first truly argumentative Social Media, that service continues to host a number of anti-establishment voices of some merit which are not available elsewhere.

(However, many are moving to the competitive service Bluesky, which is getting better and better as a result.)

So while Maga Blue immediately left Twitter the moment the new owner began reversing some of the earlier bans (the wrong reason but perhaps the right move), the service formerly known as Twitter still has some unique value.

THUS I propose a partial boycott.  I propose making the Even days of the month (2,4,6,8, ...) into Twitter Off Days.

On those even days, I will use email (still my biggest thing), Bluesky, favorite blogs and Substacks, Patreon, Youtube, etc.  Everything except the service that used to be known as Twitter.

I suggest people apply the same principle to all of the services operated by the nazi oligarch, or others.

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