The only alternatives mentioned were Threads and Bluesky.
Be careful. He might sue saying you have to use the platform. He’ll claim that not using it hurts his free speech.
Labour MPs begin quitting X over ‘hate and disinformation’
Submitted 3 months ago by perviouslyiner@lemmy.world to fediverse@lemmy.world
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timewarp@lemmy.world 3 months ago
perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Yeah, not sure the UK Labour party are going to be receptive to a free speech argument after his comments inciting the recent riots.
Feathercrown@lemmy.world 3 months ago
People in the UK need to start pushing Mastodon hard. You could use the tagline “You don’t want to do this again in a few years, do you?”
perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Also in the news today, Politicians and public should consider quitting X, says Liverpool mayor
“The time is approaching where we’ve got to all examine whether we should, en masse, withdraw from it and for there to be a different platform”
drdabbles@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Only now? It’s been two years of this and now they’ve had too much? No partial credit should be given for people that continued to participate when it was clear what was happening.
ripcord@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Also, I don’t believe a significant number of them actually will.
Flamekebab@piefed.social 3 months ago
Don't enable his embarrassing nonsense by calling Twitter "X".
perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 3 months ago
unfortunately their style guide results in this headline.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 months ago
checks watch
Uh, sure. Now is good. Several years ago was better, but, yeah.
NickwithaC@lemmy.world 3 months ago
The second best time is now.
Venicon@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Have barely touched Twitter since Muskification ruined it.
Threads is _okay_but Mastodon would be brill with more interaction.
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
Bluesky is really nice. It’s like mastodon but with an algorithm. Still decentralised and FOSS. Plus it bridges with mastodon well.
sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
I love that there are so many options for nuSocial tbh. Federation rocks.
Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
They really just should have used ActivityPub
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
it bridges with mastodon well
Does Bluesky use ActivityPub?
Beaver@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
I hope the canadian mps and mlas follow suit.
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Same. I wish other public figures and journalists would as well.
Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 3 months ago
If they actually worried about hate and disinformation they would have quit before it was called X.
ruk_n_rul@monyet.cc 3 months ago
Is it finally time? The beginning of the end?
samokosik@lemmy.world 3 months ago
It’s rare to see such a big fuck up as with twitter…
otter@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
Labour MPs begin quitting X over ‘hate and disinformation’
Why does this happen? Lemmy doesn’t get mentioned in articles, but Lemmy is still fairly small.
Last I checked, Mastodon is doing well against the competitors
arudesalad@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Depends on the writer, chances are that those in the bbc who are involved with the mastodon instance are the nerds (like us) and the writer of this article doesn’t know as much and is just listing the places the MPs went, and they are politicians so they wouldn’t know about the “nerdy options”
Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 3 months ago
They could start their own fediverse instance and ruthless ban users who have ever agreed with Jeremy Corbyn.
cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 3 months ago
Why does no one mention Mastodon AS an alternative(from the MPs)
thesocavault@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Labour MP’s need to put their grown up pants on and work for the people instead of being emotional about a platform.
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 3 months ago
about time…
Start pushing for mastodon! Honestly there should be an official mastodon instance
cyborganism@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
You mean mstdn.social?
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 3 months ago
I mean there should be a mastodon.gov.uk