solarbird | I can’t believe I have to go off again about eX-twitter already

Remember yesterday’s post, wherein I said organising on Xitter (X, formerly Twitter) is a very bad idea, because it will not be there for anyone but the fash if things go south this election time?

Remember that?

Trump has a very bad story out today about how he and his team physically forced their way around an Arlington National Cemetery staffer to shoot a promotional video in violation of not just rules and military decorum but every even minimal sense of decency.

And X is marking links to stories about the incident as “spammy or unsafe” and says they may infect your computer, and putting up an interstitial urging you not to follow the link if you try.

Twitter / X - "Warning: this link may be unsafe. The link you are trying to access has been identified by X or our partners are being potentially spammy or unsafe... could steal personal information or harm electronic devices... violent or misleading content that could lead to real-world harm" with a very large blue button labelled "Back to previous page" and a small ink saying "continue."

Presumably Elon’s stopping your computer from getting the “woke mind virus” in his mind, but regardless: this will stop the vast majority of people from reading the story.

Meanwhile, he promotes literal Nazis.

If things go south, the site will not be there for you in November. Organising there is not a viable option. It is, frankly, insane.

You have two months to move yourself and your followers to another platform. If you’re still on there, get to work.

67 days remain.

eta: here’s a story on it wherein X admits they did this but – as they do every time they’re caught doing this – they say it was not intentional. Sure, Jan. Just like every other time you got caught.

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