Oliver is on bsky 🚲🚎🚅

I was planning to stop using this terrible platform on Jan 20th but honestly I just hate opening it now. Come find me at the other place.

This is my final post on this platform (aside from my social media team's pro forma posts noted below) until it is no longer owned by Elon Musk. Please find me on other social media platforms including #BlueSky (bsky.app/profile/michae…) #Xodus

@Peckhampulse @GeorgeMonbiot Staying is what they want. They want us fighting on this uneven battlefield where a boost in replies is given to right wingers willing to pay Elon. They get off on the fights with us. Don’t give it to them.

@GeorgeMonbiot We need to stay, fight, abuse and sabotage the discussions and self congratulatory posts of the far right not run away to the comfort blanket of Bluesky and just talking amongst ourselves

One day to go before the #Xodus. Tomorrow afternoon, UK time, January 20, join me in leaving this platform for Bluesky.

@om_rxd @GeorgeMonbiot This is the echo chamber. The reply boost given to rabid right wingers willing to pay Elon ensures that.

@GeorgeMonbiot abandoning the battlefield for an echo chamber is not a great look given your profession 🙀

@Byzantinerome @GeorgeMonbiot There’s no point, the reply boost given to people willing to pay Elon (ie rabid right wingers) ensures that all anyone sees is neo-nazi / tech bro libertarian crap. The only solution is to leave.

@GeorgeMonbiot Weak. If you were actually left wing you'd want to educate your political opponents rather than running to that cp infested commune

@endlibtyranny @GeorgeMonbiot This is the echo chamber. The reply boost given to people willing to pay Elon ensures that.

@GeorgeMonbiot Good riddance George, your socialist rants won't be missed Your elitist views have no place in a free society, glad you're taking them to Bluesky Hope you enjoy your echo chamber over there, we'll be just fine without you

@DannyCobbett @GeorgeMonbiot It is not fair and open. Elon and right wing accounts are boosted due to the reply boost given to people willing to pay Elon.

@GeorgeMonbiot Why so salty George? X merely represents fair and open platform for discussion regardless of political view. It’s a shame you think you’re elevated. That kind of elitist pov is what is at the core of societal dysfunction.

This platform boosts right wing voices and suppresses dissent. By posting here you are adding to the network effects that give it power, especially if you’re a journalist, politician, or institution. Today would be a great day to leave.

If you're appalled by Donald Trump, you can use today to hurt him and his allies. Leave this place.

@WootownWoman @RoryStewartUK Yeah, there's no easy solution here.. The Network effects make it really difficult. I'm hoping the EU bans it, even for a short while, because that will cause tons of people to go to alternatives simultaneously, which is what you need to break the network effects..

@ojc1 @RoryStewartUK Part of my day job involves info sharing here, so I'll continue doing that (while also gearing up to do the same on new platforms). I'm also the type to throw a neighborhood block party in the middle of gang territory because -I was here first-, so there's that.

The new US special relationship with their allies…. Really? We’re doing this?

@WootownWoman @RoryStewartUK Yeah, I'm not going to delete my account for that reason. But I'm going to try not to post anything new with the exception of attempting to move people to other platforms.

@ojc1 @RoryStewartUK I stay for the same reason I read the comments on T&G articles - it's easier to fight lies when you know what lies they're telling.

You fucking gullible saps believed that a billionaire New York real estate mogul, the richest man in the world, and a collection of other tech and oil billionaires had your best interests at heart. Bless your hearts.

All you MAGA saps got played. "$2T spending cuts!" -- Oh actually, no. "No new wars" -- Threatening f*cking Denmark "Lower grocery prices!" -- Oh, that's quite hard to do actually. Pretty sure they'll find time to cut taxes for the rich though. cnbc.com/2025/01/09/elo…

@UKLabour @Keir_Starmer Why are you still on this platform?? It's owned and run by a man-child dedicated to right wing conspiracies and interfering in UK politics. Just have all official UK accounts leave. There are other alternatives. Your presence here helps Musk and has no benefit.

@BostonMassUSA Thank you. This is the right call. This platform blows.

Nobody is going to get the progressive opinions anyway because of the reply boost given to people willing to pay Elon (which is not the left). Staying here only hurts our cause because it gives credence to the idea that this is a balanced platform when it very much is not. Nobody cares if truth social is a disgusting haven of nazis, so lets turn this into that, by leaving.

“If we leave X, it will help Elon with his goal of making the platform void of any progressive ideology or the way we think about the world,” @MaxwellFrostFL tells @nancyscola, “and leave it to the Charlie Kirks and Tim Pools of the world to fill it up with what they believe.” tinyurl.com/md7whhar

@politico @nancyscola Nobody thought we needed to engage on truth social. The only reason this place has political influence is because we’re giving it credibility that it no longer deserves.

.@nancyscola How did you write this whole article and not mention the reply boost given to people willing to pay Musk? This massively overweights the opinions of MAGA. This is a losing battle and by staying here Dems and journos are contributing to the network effects that give Musk power.

Are Democrats ready to leave X for good? Conversations with insiders point to a party unsure about whether to engage with the increasingly MAGA platform. politico.com/news/magazine/…

@RogerSchaeffer5 The “heat” is engagement that right wing trolls thrive on. Being here perpetuates network effects that grant greater power to Musk. It’s directly counter to our interests.

The European Federation of journalists represents ~300,000 journalists and considers it unethical to continue posting here. Please everyone join them and leave your accounts dormant (with an indication of where you’ve gone 🦋) on Jan 20th: