20 January: Day to leave Twitter (and toxic networks)
- Internationally, more than one initiative has pointed out that next Monday, 20 January 2025, will be a day to leave Twitter. Donald Trump will be officially the day of the U.S. presidency, and from his hand, the owner of X/Twitter, Elon Musk, will come to the White House to assume an authority position. In Euskera, in addition to on Twitter, the website has been created that calls for "all toxic social networks", goazen Lagunak, while calling to join the Fedibertso.
More than X/Twitter is the technological impact of Trump’s new era, as evidenced by Meta’s policy change. The Goazen Lagunok initiative does not specifically mention Twitter or Meta, but we believe that Instagram, Facebook and Threads (Meta properties) can be classified among toxic networks. Whatsapp is also owned by the toxic company Meta, but interpersonal communication is not in itself a tool organized according to an algorithm... Well, assessment of readers' hands. Another network that, according to some studies, is toxic is TikTok.
The Goazen Lagunok initiative proposes to take the leap to the fable to escape toxicity:
"We're also fed up with toxic social media, so we've moved to a new neighborhood: the ugly one. We invite you to participate in this community by betting on a more humane, free and collaborative Internet. (...)
We believe in a more humane Internet, without monopolies, invasive algorithms and unwanted advertising. The fediverse is an opportunity to build digital spaces that prioritize the real connection, diversity and well-being of all people."
The Goazen Lagunok project can be merged as an organization, collective or person through the tracks on this page. The website is related to initiatives in other languages of the Spanish state goazenlagunok.eus, such as Galician imonosxuntas.org and Spanish vamonosjuntas.org
The initiative, most focused on Twitter in the French state, is called HelloQuitteX and is called Twitter.
The possible alternatives to Twitter in Basque Mastodon.eus and Mastodon.Jalgi.eus are the Mastodon instances. The track of other Fedibertso resources Fedibertsoa.eus and on this page prepared by the Goazen Lagunok initiative.
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