Oliver is on bsky 🚲🚎🚅

🇺🇸🇬🇧🏳️‍🌈 | Tend to talk about climate, bikes, transit, infrastructure, politics | Opinions my own. (ojc on bsky) #XDissenter .. mostly gone to 🦋

[Oliver is on bsky 🚲🚎🚅 @ojc1]

I was planning to stop using this terrible platform on Jan 20th but honestly I just hate opening it now. Come find me at the other place.

[Prof Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann]

This is my final post on this platform (aside from my social media team's pro forma posts noted below) until it is no longer owned by Elon Musk.

Please find me on other social media platforms including #BlueSky (https://t.co/BIaYw5CGII)
#Xodus

[Oliver is on bsky 🚲🚎🚅 @ojc1]

@Peckhampulse @GeorgeMonbiot Staying is what they want. They want us fighting on this uneven battlefield where a boost in replies is given to right wingers willing to pay Elon.

They get off on the fights with us. Don’t give it to them.

[Oliver is on bsky 🚲🚎🚅 @ojc1]

@om_rxd @GeorgeMonbiot This is the echo chamber. The reply boost given to rabid right wingers willing to pay Elon ensures that.

[Oliver is on bsky 🚲🚎🚅 @ojc1]

@Byzantinerome @GeorgeMonbiot There’s no point, the reply boost given to people willing to pay Elon (ie rabid right wingers) ensures that all anyone sees is neo-nazi / tech bro libertarian crap.

The only solution is to leave.

[Oliver is on bsky 🚲🚎🚅 @ojc1]

@endlibtyranny @GeorgeMonbiot This is the echo chamber. The reply boost given to people willing to pay Elon ensures that.

[Oliver is on bsky 🚲🚎🚅 @ojc1]

@DannyCobbett @GeorgeMonbiot It is not fair and open. Elon and right wing accounts are boosted due to the reply boost given to people willing to pay Elon.

[Oliver is on bsky 🚲🚎🚅 @ojc1]

This platform boosts right wing voices and suppresses dissent.

By posting here you are adding to the network effects that give it power, especially if you’re a journalist, politician, or institution.

Today would be a great day to leave.

[Ian Dunt @IanDunt]

If you're appalled by Donald Trump, you can use today to hurt him and his allies. Leave this place.

[Oliver is on bsky 🚲🚎🚅 @ojc1]

@WootownWoman @RoryStewartUK Yeah, there's no easy solution here.. The Network effects make it really difficult.

I'm hoping the EU bans it, even for a short while, because that will cause tons of people to go to alternatives simultaneously, which is what you need to break the network effects..

[Oliver is on bsky 🚲🚎🚅 @ojc1]

@WootownWoman @RoryStewartUK Yeah, I'm not going to delete my account for that reason. But I'm going to try not to post anything new with the exception of attempting to move people to other platforms.

[Oliver is on bsky 🚲🚎🚅 @ojc1]

You fucking gullible saps believed that a billionaire New York real estate mogul, the richest man in the world, and a collection of other tech and oil billionaires had your best interests at heart. Bless your hearts.

[Oliver is on bsky 🚲🚎🚅 @ojc1]

All you MAGA saps got played.

"$2T spending cuts!" -- Oh actually, no.

"No new wars" -- Threatening f*cking Denmark

"Lower grocery prices!" -- Oh, that's quite hard to do actually.

Pretty sure they'll find time to cut taxes for the rich though.

https://t.co/zbDs5oLlHp

[Oliver is on bsky 🚲🚎🚅 @ojc1]

@UKLabour @Keir_Starmer Why are you still on this platform?? It's owned and run by a man-child dedicated to right wing conspiracies and interfering in UK politics. Just have all official UK accounts leave. There are other alternatives. Your presence here helps Musk and has no benefit.

[Oliver is on bsky 🚲🚎🚅 @ojc1]

@BostonMassUSA Thank you. This is the right call. This platform blows.

[Oliver is on bsky 🚲🚎🚅 @ojc1]

Nobody is going to get the progressive opinions anyway because of the reply boost given to people willing to pay Elon (which is not the left).

Staying here only hurts our cause because it gives credence to the idea that this is a balanced platform when it very much is not.

Nobody cares if truth social is a disgusting haven of nazis, so lets turn this into that, by leaving.

[Oliver is on bsky 🚲🚎🚅 @ojc1]

@politico @nancyscola Nobody thought we needed to engage on truth social. The only reason this place has political influence is because we’re giving it credibility that it no longer deserves.

[Oliver is on bsky 🚲🚎🚅 @ojc1]

.@nancyscola How did you write this whole article and not mention the reply boost given to people willing to pay Musk?

This massively overweights the opinions of MAGA.

This is a losing battle and by staying here Dems and journos are contributing to the network effects that give Musk power.

[Oliver is on bsky 🚲🚎🚅 @ojc1]

@RogerSchaeffer5 The “heat” is engagement that right wing trolls thrive on. Being here perpetuates network effects that grant greater power to Musk. It’s directly counter to our interests.

[Oliver is on bsky 🚲🚎🚅 @ojc1]

The European Federation of journalists represents ~300,000 journalists and considers it unethical to continue posting here.

Please everyone join them and leave your accounts dormant (with an indication of where you’ve gone 🦋) on Jan 20th:

[EFJ @efjeurope]

X-odus: As of 20 January 2025, we have decided to stop publishing content on Elon Musk's platform X. We can no longer ethically participate in a social network that its owner has transformed into a machine of disinformation and propaganda. 👇https://t.co/NTwnC63vhs