This week....really a page 3 story....the European Federation of Journalists (roughly 300,000-plus journalists) decided that they are leaving Twitter/X and will no longer be posting via it.
Reasoning? It really comes to thoughts....one, in that they feel Twitter is irresponsible (not controlling content) and two...they don't want criticism of what they write for content.
I support the idea....but question where this is leading onto.
With the exception of the UK and France....most people (individually) in Europe don't have Twitter accounts. FB/Meta and Instagram....are more popular in the bulk of European countries. What the statement indicates....the group will continue to publish/use Instagram and Meta.
Another way to view this? If you were European and looking for news on Twitter....you will not get the general viewpoint from European news centers. My humble view? A year from now....the news media of Europe will come to the 'union' and say there's this odd problem. Younger people are apparently going to Twitter/X for news, and since there's no European-produced content....the message/brand/'type of news'.....is not seen or read (at least by young adults).
In simple terms....it's to be a short-lived position taken.
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Most are heading to BlueSky. Twitter's value slides everyday, but now that the owner is first lady I'm guessing there will be bailout money on the way. I'm just looking forward to them forcing content moderation on them. They seem able to detect and delete a clip from the UFC within 2 minutes of it being posted, but for some reason not misinformation that suits them... funny that.
On BlueSky, it started on a upward trend....what I've heard the past 3 months....fair amount of people who left Twitter with better intentions...discovered that BlueSky moderates heavily and posting any story that disagrees with the 'wave'....gets taken down. BlueSky will continue on, but I would imagine by early 2025, you start to see another alternate or two to BlueSky (lesser members but allowing varied opinions to be on public view).
Someone brought up....even if you bring up Covid (a dead topic for past 18 months)....on BlueSky, if you have any criticism of decisions made in the period...it gets taken down usually. The German gov't has been openly critical of itself recently and some of the decisions made in 2020/2021.
One other odd point...BlueSky is a Jack Dorsey creation/product. Jack screwed up big-time in bringing in huge numbers of employees....adding cost...when creating Twitter. Plus he had hired a fair number of FBI/CIA former folks. So I'm waiting to see if he repeats past mistakes...making BlueSky a zero-profit creation or insiders to the intelligence world. Maybe he learned some lessons.
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