We will stop posting from our official editorial accounts on the platform, but X users can still share our articles
  • NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone
    1·
    2 hours ago

    Only took them the regime change of a major Western country to notice that their favourite corporate platform might be just a tad compromised.

    • IronKrill@lemmy.ca
      2·
      7 hours ago

      And then they, too, can be defederated by salty Mastodon admins. At least I saw a lot of instances talk of defederating BBC when I still was trying to enjoy Mastodon.

    • vpol@lemm.ee
      17·
      2 days ago

      I wish more companies and government organisations did this.

      Gives them full control, gives everyone ability to subscribe. Win-Win.

      • Midnitte@beehaw.orgEnglish
        7·
        1 day ago

        I really wish fire departments would do this.

        I’m not giving Fascist Musk and Zuckernazi more power by creating an account to view whether my house is going to burn down from the growing wave of wildfires.

  • Baggins@beehaw.orgEnglish
    35·
    2 days ago

    Overdue - more national media needs to take this step.

    The US presidential election campaign served only to underline what we have considered for a long time: that X is a toxic media platform and that its owner, Elon Musk, has been able to use its influence to shape political discourse.

    It’s not like they weren’t warned though.

  • magnetosphere@fedia.io
    10·
    2 days ago

    If twitter users think it’s barely tolerable now, they should imagine how bad it’ll get once Trump actually takes office. They need to switch TODAY.