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I don't understand, does it cost them something to copy/paste their posts to X?

• busterarm 6mo ago
  No, they even would get money for the engagement they get. This is purely moral grandstanding disguised as something else.
  • thevillagechief 6mo ago
    Not sure this is true anymore. X is now just pay to play. Organic engagement is completely dead there. It's all a virality game now.
  • watwut 6mo ago
    Moral grandstanding is much better then vice grandstanding. Moral grandstandings are good, especially in a world that think being moral makes you a looser. That being said, there is no disguise.
• SAI_Peregrinus 6mo ago
  Brand reputation. Every brand that chooses to use X implicitly supports X, even if they're not verified & paying X money.
  • crims0n 6mo ago
    Going against the network effect out of principal doesn't seem to be a winning strategy when the goal is to raise awareness about issues.
  • loeg 6mo ago
    Does anyone seriously think EFF posting to X yesterday tarnished their brand? Be real.
    • nickthegreek 6mo ago
      Yes, people do in fact judge others for their associations. If you don't that is fine but I imagine you would also hold the view that not posting on X shouldn't be controversial then either.
    • diath 6mo ago
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      • 650REDHAIR 6mo ago
        Who is "normal" in this context? Because people who support the EFF's mission are pretty clued into what is happening and do care.
      • loeg 6mo ago
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    • horacemorace 6mo ago
      My neighbor blares Fox in their kitchen every day. I view them with the same flavor of suspicion as someone who posts there.
    • jdashg 6mo ago
      I do, yeah. Hope that helps!
    • AlexAplin 6mo ago
      The advertisers that evaporated and left behind a lot of no label dropshipping scams seem to think so. Did a lot of them eventually come back because there is some audience to squeeze numbers from? Sure, but I also wouldn't negate that many didn't and aren't coming back because it is Elon's playground now.
    • coldpie 6mo ago
      Yeah, I do. People & brands having a link to an X account is a huge red flag. It's a public statement that you support child pornography and the end of democracy in the US. That's going to tarnish a brand pretty majorly.
  • rockemsockem 6mo ago
    That is idiotic.
  • spopejoy 6mo ago
    > Brand reputation They said nothing of this in TFA, all they talked about was decimated view count. The obvious conclusion is X is censoring them, like they pretty much do to anybody that Elon feels like censoring.
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• orwin 6mo ago
  I've coded a 3rd party tool that could post to mastodon/twitter at the same time around 2020 (plenty of idle time during covid). I lost twitter API access, never bothered to try to make it work again (i hate working with interface clickers). to be clear, i don't really post on social media, it was just an experiment because i had faaar too much time and thought at the time that this kind of product could be interesting. But i would bet social media managers use similar tools, and the fact that no one can access twitter API might add just the little bit of friction you want to avoid.