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BoycottTwitter

(116 posts)
25. She has staff.
Sun Jan 4, 2026, 01:27 AM
Jan 2026

For a lot of important people they have staff who do things like social media. It's unlikely Kamala Harris personally logs in to Twitter and Bluesky and posts everything herself. In addition often times people use social media management software to automatically post to multiple platforms and even if they don't have that it only takes a minute or two to copy and paste your post.

"But many if not most prominent Democrats post more messages on X than on Bluesky." that's a huge problem. I acknowledge that it's true but I really wish it were not. I believe crossposting is a great way to bring us closer towards ending our dependence on Twitter.

Also about follower count: Twitter has a big bot platform. Bluesky is great about removing bots. I've reported some obvious bots and they got banned within minutes. You'll never see that fast of a response on Twitter.

Also Bluesky has real enagement. Twitter has view counts and follower counts that might be inflated. We should pay attention to real results that people get with Bluesky vs Twitter.

NPR left Twitter and barely noticed anything: https://niemanreports.org/npr-twitter-musk/

Charles Gaba notices that "Bluesky consistently has the highest engagement in both traffic & donations on a per-follower basis" source:

SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT:

I cross-post every fundraising link at the same time using the same phrasing across 5 different platforms.

Bluesky consistently has the highest engagement in both traffic & donations on a per-follower basis...4.4x higher & 2.8x higher than Twitter for the full year.

Charles Gaba ✡️ (@charlesgaba.com) 2026-01-01T17:08:23.279Z


Kat Abughazaleh has decided to completely stop using Twitter:

This has always been a Bluesky-first campaign. But as of today, we will no longer be using Twitter. At all.

And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.

Kat Abughazaleh (@katmabu.bsky.social) 2025-12-22T16:37:38.431Z


She sites better fundraising on Bluesky.

So the fact is Bluesky is already delivering real results and is a much better platform than Twitter. But you're right ultimately even when we eliminate all the bots and fake views it is still true that Twitter does have a big user base so there is a lot of work left to be done. I hope you'll join me in the fight by urging others to switch to Bluesky.

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Post removed Post removed Jan 2026 #1
And gone. n/t Hellbound Hellhound Jan 2026 #2
I actually saw the troll post and alerted mvd Jan 2026 #6
I did the same. Hellbound Hellhound Jan 2026 #7
Haha. Excellent use of your Saturday. ok_cpu Jan 2026 #4
They get $200 Trump Bucks for weekend posting. OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2026 #18
I'm having flashbacks to 2003 and "Operation Iraqi Freedom," and they aren't good ones. Vogon_Glory Jan 2026 #3
It was originally called MustLoveBeagles Jan 2026 #9
O.I.L. OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2026 #20
Bingo MustLoveBeagles Jan 2026 #22
That's the right stance mvd Jan 2026 #5
This is a good posture for Democrats. Recognize that Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator but emphasize tritsofme Jan 2026 #8
Just what I was thinking... and State What Cha Jan 2026 #14
K&R betsuni Jan 2026 #10
Well said, Madam VP mcar Jan 2026 #11
KNR niyad Jan 2026 #12
K&R spanone Jan 2026 #13
Could get ugly moondust Jan 2026 #15
My President....and she seems like she is stepping up. OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2026 #16
Really powerful statement, Let's see how the media digests this? OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2026 #17
Powerful statement but why wasn't it posted to Bluesky? BoycottTwitter Jan 2026 #19
Watched in my YT feed....thankfully. OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2026 #21
Because she has more than 100x as many followers on X, 20.7M vs 185K. Her post got 4.7M views highplainsdem Jan 2026 #24
She has staff. BoycottTwitter Jan 2026 #25
I urge people to have Bluesky accounts as well as Twitter accounts. I use both myself because a highplainsdem Jan 2026 #27
I agree with you there! BoycottTwitter Jan 2026 #32
I get very little "real engagement" on either Twitter or Bluesky... Jack Valentino Jan 2026 #30
I've found support for Democrats and Democratic reps on twitter MorbidButterflyTat Jan 2026 #26
It's an important platform and shouldn't be ceded to rightwingers, with liberals scattering to much highplainsdem Jan 2026 #28
Musk controls the algorithm, what you see and has our data BoycottTwitter Jan 2026 #31
Here's her post from X. PLEASE put the link in your OP, or at least in the first reply below, because if highplainsdem Jan 2026 #23
Strongest political statement I've seen from her in more than a year.... Jack Valentino Jan 2026 #29
"Any such resistance has been too long coming" -- who do you mean hasn't been resisting Trump? Voters? betsuni Jan 2026 #33
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