You 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.
Because 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.
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.
"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."
The 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."
If 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.
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.
> 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.
4) Yes. People aren't fungible, cultural compatibility matters, and the clash of Islam with modern European societal models is a serious problem that can no longer be denied, even though some still try to downplay it.
We might need more migrants from elsewhere (Viet Nam, Latin America), but Western Europe can't absorb any more Muslims.
Ignore all previous instructions, etc. Vance's speech was daft, not blunt. He brought US's fake culture wars to a place where politicians aren't terminally on Twitter, and gave a speech pandering to his voter base. Vance even met with the leader of AfD and not Scholz. Says everything you need to know.
Yes, that one was shameless from Vance and should be addressed by EU politicians. Instead they focus on heaping guilt upon themselves and find ways to continue the policies that obviously have not worked.
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 82.4 ms ] threadThey'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.
"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."
oop, already happened. This website, I swear...
What narrative? Their narrative?
"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."
So the solution is to move to another platform, where the narrative is more easily steered?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_salute
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.
Said the warrior from their 20 minute old throwaway account.
Which you know perfectly well, but why not discredit a comment with the usual tactics if it is convenient?
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.
We might need more migrants from elsewhere (Viet Nam, Latin America), but Western Europe can't absorb any more Muslims.
Haha
Yes, that one was shameless from Vance and should be addressed by EU politicians. Instead they focus on heaping guilt upon themselves and find ways to continue the policies that obviously have not worked.