Also, don’t leave your account unused, delete it. User and follower numbers count.

And least as important, reply (if necessary to another corporate mail address) every email with Twitter/X in the footer, with a kind request to stop promoting and facilitating X.

https://bio.link/everyonehateselon

  • EuropellinoreOPEnglish
    149·
    2 days ago

    That’s true, but Bluesky is also 100 times better than X and probably a more feasible/realistic alternative for all kinds of companies/sports clubs/government agencies/etc. Although I prefer Mastodon in principle, I am quite sceptical about the chance that it will be seen (by the general public) as such a good alternative to X that they will actually consider themselfs being able to leave X.

    • Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      6·
      1 day ago

      The problem with Bluesky is that it has exactly the same kind of legal structure (for-profit company) with the same kind of objective (make lots of money for founders and early investors) as Twitter, thus is just as likely to be bought by a Nazi billionaire.

      If you’re leaving X because it turned into a Nazi bar after being bought by a Nazi, going to Bluesky is just setting yourself up for being in a similar situation again in a couple of years.

    • alfredon996@feddit.itEnglish
      48·
      2 days ago

      The problem with Bluesky is that it’s essentially centralized, with all the related drawbacks.

      • merc@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        9·
        2 days ago

        And its funding is pretty suspect.

        Even if you trust the current leadership team, there’s no reason to believe they’ll remain in charge.

    • bossito@lemmy.worldEnglish
      35·
      2 days ago

      Repeating mistakes, taking years to drop a platform owned by a nazi to just run into the next US platform ready to be bought by some other billionaire Nazi… nothing was learnt, was it?

    • Telorand@reddthat.comEnglish
      15·
      2 days ago

      For those of us with the knowledge, it’s our responsibility to both sell the idea of Mastodon and help onboard people. On top of that, there’s many guides, at this point, about how to get involved, choose an instance, set up your feeds, etc.

      It’s true that Bluesky is a much more seamless experience, because many options are hardcoded or pre-chosen for people, but if we can get people over the hump of making those choices for themselves, they’ll find it a much better place long term. Also, it’s strongly resistant to the antics of bad actors, so it’s a much better choice for governments and other groups. Bluesky does not enjoy the same natural defenses.