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> they have been silenced by the platform

Where do you see that? All I see is a claim that it no longer makes sense from a financial standpoint (but no comparative numbers provided for the other platforms they are keeping, which is sus, especially given their presence on very niche platforms like Bluesky), and vague justifications based on identity politics and "community care" loci, which is either nonsense or deep argot unsuitable for the intended audience.



> Where do you see that?

Assuming that Twitter's user count has remained relatively steady (within 100% either way), the only thing that could explain a huge drop in views would be a change to their opaque algorithm.

> To put it bluntly, an X post today receives less than 3% of the views a single tweet delivered seven years ago.

Twitter's user count has trended upward for the last 10 years: https://www.businessofapps.com/data/twitter-statistics/

Therefore, Twitter must be downranking or silencing the EFF's account. Unless you have a better explanation?


Bluesky might have be niche in terms of users but it's an open platform like activity pub so it's at least quite aligned with the EFF mission.




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