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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAfter almost twenty years on the platform, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is logging off of X.
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"To put it bluntly, an X post today receives less than 3% of the views a single tweet delivered seven years ago."
If you think it is necessary to be on Twitter to communicate your fact-based worldview, the reality is that worldview is being smothered.
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After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X.
This isnt a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. 🧵 (1/5)
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/eff-leaving-x
EFF is Leaving X
After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isnt a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue.
www.eff.org
12:42 PM · Apr 9, 2026
"To put it bluntly, an X post today receives less than 3% of the views a single tweet delivered seven years ago."
— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social) 2026-04-09T16:42:00.786Z
If you think it is necessary to be on Twitter to communicate your fact-based worldview, the reality is that worldview is being smothered.
@eff.org
After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X.
This isnt a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. 🧵 (1/5)
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/eff-leaving-x
EFF is Leaving X
After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isnt a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue.
www.eff.org
12:29 PM · Apr 9, 2026
After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X.
— Electronic Frontier Foundation (@eff.org) 2026-04-09T16:29:42.105685Z
This isnât a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. ð§µ (1/5)
www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
ret5hd
(22,513 posts)mwmisses4289
(4,274 posts)Thought it was ten at the most. But then,I have never been on it, and my only interaction with it when people post links to something.
usonian
(25,588 posts)Speaking of Jack Dorsey (creator of Twitter before it became the world's cesspool)
China Orders Jack Dorsey's Bitchat Pulled from Apple App Store
https://decrypt.co/363367/china-orders-jack-dorseys-bitchat-pulled-from-apple-app-store
and that Bluesky post above?
Founder Jack Dorsey
Hmmmmm.