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   Erik Moeller (eloquence@social.coop)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2023 09:08:05 JST Erik Moeller

   The German eXit from Musk's hate platform is real and ongoing.

   I'm seeing accounts for newspapers, courts, libraries, radio stations, cities, nonprofits, etc. getting shut down permanently or moved into maintenance mode. This is all very organic, e.g., the city of Cologne had a vote on withdrawal from X:

   https://ratsinformation.stadt-koeln.de/getfile.asp?id=956920&type=do

   I can barely keep up. Many of these accounts are now on the fediverse. The ones I've tracked so far are in the eXit spreadsheet:

   https://bit.ly/eXit

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     Erik Moeller (eloquence@social.coop)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2023 09:08:03 JST Erik Moeller

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     It's easy to feel powerless. "Well, what can _I_ do to make things better?"
     
     One simple thing we all can do is help accelerate the demise of X before Musk fully weaponizes it for fascism, hate and abuse.

     Please speak up in your organizations, your communities, your networks, and help folks get off X completely.

     There's a reverse network effect. Every person or org shutting down their account makes it easier for the next person or org to do the same.

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     Erik Moeller (eloquence@social.coop)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2023 09:08:04 JST Erik Moeller

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     • Indivisible ❌👑

     I'm not seeing a similar domino effect in the US yet, but the complete eXit of the Trevor Project (not active here yet) and the partial eXit of @indivisibleteam could set the stage for more large accounts to follow.

     As the Trevor Project noted, X is not a safe platform. Orgs posting on X risk exposing constituents to harm. By stack-ranking paying accounts above everyone else, Musk has worsened abusive behavior, because abusive accounts can pay to amplify their abuse in everyone's timelines.

     Børge repeated this.