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The reach and impressions on Twitter are fake though, and posts containing links are suppressed. (Of course the EFF are ideological, that's their entire purpos

by pjc50 7mo ago

The reach and impressions on Twitter are fake though, and posts containing links are suppressed. (Of course the EFF are ideological, that's their entire purpose!)

rockskon 7mo ago
Sometimes it's not just about quantity. Not all impressions are equal. And like it or not - Twitter is still the preferred communication platform of quite a few influential people.
- lux-lux-lux 7mo ago
  Interactions on X are notoriously low-quality and botted to hell, so “not all impressions are equal” might not be a great point to push here.
  - rockskon 7mo ago
    And not all influential people are Elon Musk or Catturd.
  - unselect5917 7mo ago
    [flagged]
- sixothree 7mo ago
  I don't like it and I haven't used it since before the whole nazi salute thing. I feel gross just accidentally following links to that place. Why would I support it or the people who use it?
  - ben_w 7mo ago
    That's a great reason for people like me to not use it, and I assume for people like you also, but it's not the question that organisations like the EFF need to ask. No, the relevant questions for the EFF are the ones that the EFF put into their blog post to explain why they're not on X despite remaining on e.g. Facebook, which may or may not be the same as this tweet (I don't read tweets but did read the blog post): https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/eff-leaving-x https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/eff-leaving-x
thatjoeoverthr 7mo ago
Link suppression is contested. Nikita says they're not deboosted. This guy tested it, found evidence they're no longer deboosted: https://x.com/phl43/status/2041893735827460446?s=20 https://x.com/phl43/status/2041893735827460446?s=20 Nikita says they were "never" deboosted, but Musk said they were going to do that and it was a huge topic...? https://x.com/nikitabier/status/2041911302541730237?s=20 https://x.com/nikitabier/status/2041911302541730237?s=20 He says here about an interface change. I've noticed this change. The sites are opening in a kind of sub window with the feedback UI still visible. I found this annoying but now I see the point.

by pjc50 7mo ago

The reach and impressions on Twitter are fake though, and posts containing links are suppressed. (Of course the EFF are ideological, that's their entire purpose!)

rockskon 7mo ago

Sometimes it's not just about quantity. Not all impressions are equal. And like it or not - Twitter is still the preferred communication platform of quite a few influential people.

lux-lux-lux 7mo ago
Interactions on X are notoriously low-quality and botted to hell, so “not all impressions are equal” might not be a great point to push here.
- rockskon 7mo ago
  And not all influential people are Elon Musk or Catturd.
- unselect5917 7mo ago
  [flagged]
sixothree 7mo ago
I don't like it and I haven't used it since before the whole nazi salute thing. I feel gross just accidentally following links to that place. Why would I support it or the people who use it?
- ben_w 7mo ago
  That's a great reason for people like me to not use it, and I assume for people like you also, but it's not the question that organisations like the EFF need to ask. No, the relevant questions for the EFF are the ones that the EFF put into their blog post to explain why they're not on X despite remaining on e.g. Facebook, which may or may not be the same as this tweet (I don't read tweets but did read the blog post): https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/eff-leaving-x https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/eff-leaving-x

thatjoeoverthr 7mo ago

Link suppression is contested. Nikita says they're not deboosted. This guy tested it, found evidence they're no longer deboosted: https://x.com/phl43/status/2041893735827460446?s=20 https://x.com/phl43/status/2041893735827460446?s=20 Nikita says they were "never" deboosted, but Musk said they were going to do that and it was a huge topic...? https://x.com/nikitabier/status/2041911302541730237?s=20 https://x.com/nikitabier/status/2041911302541730237?s=20 He says here about an interface change. I've noticed this change. The sites are opening in a kind of sub window with the feedback UI still visible. I found this annoying but now I see the point.