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Crossposting here as I consider X a threat to both privacy and freedom

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Abandon would be the best approach. A ban would just make people want to use it more.

When twitter (now formally know as "X") was first a thing, the only reason I joined was because private business, city services, and news agencies became a little easier to follow in one unified location. It also made it easier to reach them with quick tweets.

Maybe the solution is to put a restriction on business, news agencies, and government services from using it?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Maybe the solution is to put a restriction on business, news agencies, and government services from using it?

But that opens another can of worms. A precedence for a governing body to say which platforms can be used for reaching your audience. I'm afraid the change will have to come from the bottom

If anything, I'd phrase it "public service messaging has to operate on platforms which don't require an account to read". But that doesn't solve the problem of general culture on the service

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

how dare you suggest a cure instead of a bandaid?!