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mahatmakanejeeves

(70,022 posts)
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 01:36 PM 3 hrs ago

After almost twenty years on the platform, the ‪Electronic Frontier Foundation‬ (EFF) is logging off of X.

Reposted by Kevin M. Kruse
https://bsky.app/profile/kevinmkruse.bsky.social

Don Moynihan
‪@donmoyn.bsky.social‬

"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.

‪Electronic Frontier Foundation‬
‪@eff.org‬
· 1h
After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X.

This isn’t 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 isn’t 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."
If you think it is necessary to be on Twitter to communicate your fact-based worldview, the reality is that worldview is being smothered.

Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social) 2026-04-09T16:42:00.786Z


Electronic Frontier Foundation
‪@eff.org‬

After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X.

This isn’t 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 isn’t 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.

This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. 🧵 (1/5)
www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Electronic Frontier Foundation (@eff.org) 2026-04-09T16:29:42.105685Z
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After almost twenty years on the platform, the ‪Electronic Frontier Foundation‬ (EFF) is logging off of X. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves 3 hrs ago OP
as should every sane person. ret5hd 3 hrs ago #1
Didn't realize Twitter was that old. mwmisses4289 2 hrs ago #2
I beat them by 20 years. usonian 2 hrs ago #3

mwmisses4289

(4,274 posts)
2. Didn't realize Twitter was that old.
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 02:38 PM
2 hrs ago

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)
3. I beat them by 20 years.
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 02:54 PM
2 hrs ago

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.

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