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243 points Jimmc414 | 2 comments | 13 Nov 24 20:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.641s | source
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mikeryan ◴[13 Nov 24 21:45 UTC] No.42130362[source]▶
In related news Bluesky added 700,000 new users in the week after the election. Count me in the group who deleted Twitter as soon as the election was over - (I had planned to do so however the election went)

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/11/24293920/bluesky-700000-...

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1. dools ◴[13 Nov 24 22:16 UTC] No.42130740[source]▶
I deleted Twitter as soon as musk took over because he’s a feudalist
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2. mey ◴[14 Nov 24 01:46 UTC] No.42132306[source]▶
I deleted Twitter back when they changed their community guidelines to carve out exemptions for important people (Trump as president), looks like that was 2019. Figured it was downhill from there...

https://blog.x.com/en_us/topics/company/2019/worldleaders201...