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Pale Moon & Twitter

Unread post by VLMin » 2023-06-18, 18:56

Moonchild, without stirring up a hornet's nest, would you be willing to elaborate on what Twitter has done that, in your view, has crossed the line? I'm not a Twitter fan; I've never posted there. Still, IMO such a strong statement begs for clarification or at least elaboration.
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Re: Pale Moon & Twitter

Unread post by Moonchild » 2023-06-18, 19:17

Sorry, I won't elaborate in detail, as it would serve no purpose and would likely just lead to polarization which serves no-one, least of all the project.
It wasn't any one thing, rather a culmination of things, hence the specific wording chosen.
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Re: Pale Moon & Twitter

Unread post by THX-1139 » 2023-06-18, 19:26

MC- have you tried gab? like VLMin I have never done twitter or any of that "Social Media" stuff, I mainly joined it to support their Freedom of Speech stance (1A) and so far they hold to their claim.
I'm just a noob and have so far 1.8k followers (stuff happens;)
I would most definitely throw some of your weight around there, ie repost,share,upvote etc.
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Re: Pale Moon & Twitter

Unread post by Moonchild » 2023-06-18, 20:18

To be clear: not looking for a replacement, either.
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Re: Pale Moon & Twitter

Unread post by leothetechguy » 2023-06-18, 20:23

Also not sure what this project should be doing on a
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gab_(social_network) wrote: social networking service known for its far-right userbase
I also don't really see an advantage to keeping another source of announcements alive, at best it's advertising (but with platforms with a lower user base that's less relevant) and at worst it's just extra effort.
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Re: Pale Moon & Twitter

Unread post by Sajadi » 2023-06-18, 22:29

leothetechguy wrote: ↑
2023-06-18, 20:23
 Also not sure what this project should be doing on a
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gab_(social_network) wrote: social networking service known for its far-right userbase
I also don't really see an advantage to keeping another source of announcements alive, at best it's advertising (but with platforms with a lower user base that's less relevant) and at worst it's just extra effort.
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One really should be a bit careful in throwing around this word in general. Today everything is called "far-right" what is not following the "progressive agenda" - including everything Conservative, Libertarian or even Centrist.

"Far-right" has become like "Nazi" an over-used buzz-word and is thrown way too often around to dehumanize the political opponent who is not "left"

And towards Twitter in general, that page sucks anyway.
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Re: Pale Moon & Twitter

Unread post by moonbat » 2023-06-19, 00:18

I didn't even know you used Twitter for project notifications until the announcement :shock:
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