I'm feeling genuinely depressed today seeing so many journalists, researchers and civil liberties and privacy advocates continuing to support Shitter, a platform that has just sued the ADL for doing nothing more than publishing research on antisemitism. I just don't understand. When people who I thought had principles can't stand up against a platform that actively threatens their very existence, what reason is there for optimism that the worst case scenarios hanging over us like the Sword of Damocles won't fall?
I'm sorry to my friends, sources and journalism colleagues for sounding like a broken record. Maybe I should just let it go. My non-stop criticism comes from a place of deep desperation and fear of what's likely about to happen (Trump in the Whitehouse seems entirely possible). I feel despondent seeing so many influential people continue to use Shitter.
I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that given the considerable influence of Xitter, the platform could be the difference between Trump winning or losing the 2024 presidential election. The considerable influence is the result of journalists and other influential people continuing to use Twitter rather than ostracizing it the way they do other toxic platforms such as Daily Stormer. Tweeting cat pics and promoting your podcast on Xitter is no more necessary than it is to promote it on 4Chan. It's a choice that puts your own interests in jeopardy.
Well, if you think Twitter is THAT influential, then for goodness sake let's keep good people on there to influence in positive directions!
