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Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland's largest newspaper quits X, now on Bluesky
- jenadine 2y agoWhy not keep both?
- 1over137 2y agoI’d guess because they are anti-Elon Musk.
- regularjack 2y agoHow can you not be
- BugsJustFindMe 2y agoYou don't need to guess. They say why. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43058461 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43058461
- srid 2y agoYou can tell a lot about someone from their level of hatred for Musk (and Trump). In 50 years or so, future humans will look back at this phenomenon as one of insanity of our era.
- zulban 2y agoBecause taking a side is more important to them than reaching as wide an audience as possible. Not making any value judgment here, but that's the situation.
- Symbiote 2y agoWording it that way sounds shallow. They've decided X stands counter to their principles, and are risking a decrease in audience. > We have matured to the decision to leave X for a long time. We observed the growing shares of false, troller accounts that are increasingly controlling the narrative on this platform. We have seen that X not only does not fight, but even promotes hate and disinformation posts.
- ABS 2y agoit's clearly explained in their pinned tweet and linked article https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,31499226,wychodzimy-z-x-do-zobaczenia-na-bluesky.html https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,31499226,wychodzimy-z-x-do-zobac... "We have been maturing to decide to leave X for a long time. We’ve watched the growing stake in fake, throud major accounts that are increasingly shaking the narrative on this platform. We have seen that X not only does not fight, but even promotes hate and disinformation posts."
- BugsJustFindMe 2y agoIMO this should be a top level comment, but the topic is going to be flagged dead anyway so... oop, already happened. This website, I swear...
- cudgy 2y ago“shaking the narrative” What narrative? Their narrative?
- ludwik 2y agoThe translation above is really bad. It was probably supposed to be "shaping the narrative", not "shaking". In my opinion, this translation is much closer to the original: "We had been contemplating leaving X for quite some time. We observed the growing presence of fake, troll accounts that increasingly steer the narrative on this platform. We saw that X not only fails to combat but actually promotes hateful and disinformation-driven posts."
- DFHippie 2y ago[flagged]
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- 3adawi 2y agoso what was it?
- kubb 2y agoWhat matters is that Neo-Nazis think it was.
- comrade1234 2y agoYou’re right. It was two.
- sebazzz 2y agoIf there are only garbage, bot, racist and conspirator replies under any post you make - then it isn't useful anymore. Not for legit readers, not for the newspaper. Also, moving might be the final straw for some readers to move - which might be considered healthy by some from a democratic standpoint.
- blogabegonija 2y agoRoman salute isn't a great communication since Rome.
- p_ing 2y agoThe Romans didn't salute like Nazis, but Musk sure did. Twice! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_salute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_salute
- toyg 2y ago"Roman salute" was invented roughly 1500 years after Rome was a thing. It's a modern, XIX century invention.
- blogabegonija 2y agoThanks for reminder.
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- ABS 2y agothey announced this on twitter on November 28th https://x.com/gazeta_wyborcza https://x.com/gazeta_wyborcza
- ivan_gammel 2y ago> Literally no mainstream EU politician… Former German foreign minister and member of pacifist Green party Joschka Fischer suggested in 2023 that EU must have its own nuclear deterrent. It is no longer a taboo.
- nbf_1995 2y ago> but they have no Courage Said the warrior from their 20 minute old throwaway account.
- eqvinox 2y ago> No one cares about performative actions like leaving X any longer. Yeah, but it's one of the few things a newspaper can do. > 1) It needs sovereign nuclear weapons without U.S. permission. > 2) It needs an independent foreign policy. Makes total sense. > 3) It does not let itself be dragged into wars while being assigned the blame if the wars go wrong. Makes sense insofar as wars can't be half-assed, either you commit or you don't, as seen with Ukraine. Considering the strategic and geopolitical importance, the EU needed to commit much harder much faster. > 4) Vance is right about excessive immigration. The EU is too small and resources like real estate are finite. No. People are a resource, the fertility rate is insufficient in all EU countries, and the EU is nowhere near overpopulation. Without sufficient immigration, it's a slow-moving trainwreck headed for a "pensioner's collapse". There is certainly an "excessive" at some point, but that is not the case currently.