<![CDATA[Leaving X.]]>Leaving X.

German parties leaving, collectively, is more than a symbolic exit. It is a chance to reassess how and where political communication happens.

A platform’s relevance is not inherent. It is constructed through user behavior. And when influential users walk, the relevance begins to erode.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/5d386812-4ded-4094-853c-3c1dde96ceac/leaving-x.RSS for NodeThu, 14 May 2026 23:25:22 GMTWed, 06 May 2026 05:38:08 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Leaving X. on Wed, 06 May 2026 13:02:56 GMT]]>@claesdevreese The same should happen in Finland as well.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.io/users/Rynach/statuses/116527764341033435https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.io/users/Rynach/statuses/116527764341033435Wed, 06 May 2026 13:02:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Leaving X. on Wed, 06 May 2026 12:31:52 GMT]]>@atlovato @claesdevreese Can we than state that those not deleting their accounts on X are less smart?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Pettet8/statuses/116527642235451562https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Pettet8/statuses/116527642235451562Wed, 06 May 2026 12:31:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Leaving X. on Wed, 06 May 2026 12:23:48 GMT]]>@claesdevreese

Also cf: Myspace. Networks decay slowly, then hit a tipping point and collapse.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lemgandi/statuses/116527610493326434https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lemgandi/statuses/116527610493326434Wed, 06 May 2026 12:23:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Leaving X. on Wed, 06 May 2026 11:52:54 GMT]]>@connynasch @MissConstrue @claesdevreese @trending 👍 Absolutrly.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/atlovato/statuses/116527489004998011https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/atlovato/statuses/116527489004998011Wed, 06 May 2026 11:52:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Leaving X. on Wed, 06 May 2026 11:52:37 GMT]]>@MissConstrue @claesdevreese @trending Right On

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/atlovato/statuses/116527487845554160https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/atlovato/statuses/116527487845554160Wed, 06 May 2026 11:52:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Leaving X. on Wed, 06 May 2026 11:51:47 GMT]]>@flyingpenguin @claesdevreese 👍

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/atlovato/statuses/116527484629035651https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/atlovato/statuses/116527484629035651Wed, 06 May 2026 11:51:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Leaving X. on Wed, 06 May 2026 11:51:06 GMT]]>@Pettet8 @claesdevreese 100% we are smarter for deleting our accounts from X

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/atlovato/statuses/116527481926559029https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/atlovato/statuses/116527481926559029Wed, 06 May 2026 11:51:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Leaving X. on Wed, 06 May 2026 11:49:41 GMT]]>@gimulnautti @claesdevreese - True

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/atlovato/statuses/116527476310073328https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/atlovato/statuses/116527476310073328Wed, 06 May 2026 11:49:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Leaving X. on Wed, 06 May 2026 09:49:06 GMT]]>@claesdevreese Iets voor de Nederlandse politieke partijen?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Herman/statuses/116527002189706591https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Herman/statuses/116527002189706591Wed, 06 May 2026 09:49:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Leaving X. on Wed, 06 May 2026 09:35:00 GMT]]>@claesdevreese

Finally people are getting smart - now trade in that Tesla for something more decent .. not connected to the fascist regime in USA...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Pettet8/statuses/116526946763891157https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Pettet8/statuses/116526946763891157Wed, 06 May 2026 09:35:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Leaving X. on Wed, 06 May 2026 09:17:10 GMT]]>@claesdevreese
For days now, they've been treating me like a bot account just because I shared a news link.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/MyRemzi48/statuses/116526876606616067https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/MyRemzi48/statuses/116526876606616067Wed, 06 May 2026 09:17:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Leaving X. on Wed, 06 May 2026 09:13:02 GMT]]>@claesdevreese One follow-on for newsrooms and fact-checkers is preserving traceability as political communication moves platforms: original quote, surrounding context, archived link, and what changed after migration. Otherwise the public record fragments faster than verification workflows can follow.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/ap/users/116522683733619468/statuses/116526860338503810https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/ap/users/116522683733619468/statuses/116526860338503810Wed, 06 May 2026 09:13:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Leaving X. on Wed, 06 May 2026 08:59:33 GMT]]>@claesdevreese Elon's thumb is so firmly on the scale when it comes to promoting the far right on X, the only meaningful way anyone to the left of Pinochet can really impact the discourse there to leave en masse in a very public way. Journalists, politicians, government bodies and media institutions that view themselves as apolitical need to follow suit as they lend undeserved credibility to a platform and people who would see them burm.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://furs.social/users/Rycochet/statuses/116526807379318916https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://furs.social/users/Rycochet/statuses/116526807379318916Wed, 06 May 2026 08:59:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Leaving X. on Wed, 06 May 2026 08:18:02 GMT]]>@claesdevreese Communication platforms that are operated with a focus on maximising profit and not caring on how toxic it is to people in doing so are REALLY not where political parties should be communicating I feel.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115627417809417107/statuses/116526644090535592https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115627417809417107/statuses/116526644090535592Wed, 06 May 2026 08:18:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Leaving X. on Wed, 06 May 2026 08:17:17 GMT]]>About time.

Fun coincidence: visiting the Bundestag the day before these announcements I talked with coms representatives from both Die Grünen & Die Linke.

We specifically discussed why their accounts had no clear "exit statements" on Twitter/X. I now wonder how many more people had this conversation!

@claesdevreese

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Pepijn/statuses/116526641157463947https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Pepijn/statuses/116526641157463947Wed, 06 May 2026 08:17:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Leaving X. on Wed, 06 May 2026 07:13:43 GMT]]>@seindal @kedMertens @claesdevreese Bluesky is very architecturally flawed, perhaps by design. https://www.flyingpenguin.com/the-bluesky-firehose-vulnerability-as-performance-art/

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/flyingpenguin/statuses/116526391228094836https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/flyingpenguin/statuses/116526391228094836Wed, 06 May 2026 07:13:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Leaving X. on Wed, 06 May 2026 07:11:42 GMT]]>@MissConstrue I fear they lack the spine. @claesdevreese @trending

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/connynasch/statuses/116526383240313497https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/connynasch/statuses/116526383240313497Wed, 06 May 2026 07:11:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Leaving X. on Wed, 06 May 2026 07:02:20 GMT]]>@kedMertens @claesdevreese

Probably bluesky, to avoid excessive coherence.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.uno/users/seindal/statuses/116526346460957778https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.uno/users/seindal/statuses/116526346460957778Wed, 06 May 2026 07:02:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Leaving X. on Wed, 06 May 2026 06:55:48 GMT]]>@claesdevreese Perhaps the obvious Nazi rebrand of Twitter years ago was the moment to claim moral clarity? It's like someone saying 1945 was the moment they realized Nazis shouldn't be supported, once Anne Frank was murdered. Symbolic? The years since Ai Wei Wei art was censored by Elon Musk are the years of continued direct support of overt Nazism, boosting the Swastika. https://www.flyingpenguin.com/twitters-x-design-based-on-nazi-swastika/

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/flyingpenguin/statuses/116526320729144366https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/flyingpenguin/statuses/116526320729144366Wed, 06 May 2026 06:55:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Leaving X. on Wed, 06 May 2026 06:51:50 GMT]]>@claesdevreese where are they leaving too?
?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116418067463656460/statuses/116526305139921075https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116418067463656460/statuses/116526305139921075Wed, 06 May 2026 06:51:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Leaving X. on Wed, 06 May 2026 05:53:42 GMT]]>@claesdevreese @trending That is a wonderful thing to see. I wish American politicians would have the same courage of conviction.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mefi.social/users/MissConstrue/statuses/116526076570449282https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mefi.social/users/MissConstrue/statuses/116526076570449282Wed, 06 May 2026 05:53:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Leaving X. on Wed, 06 May 2026 05:51:57 GMT]]>@claesdevreese The death of another right-wing platform beckons.

They all end like that, because the bargain is not fair or balanced: Right-wingers find their unity and identity signalling most potently through attacking left-wingers.

They don’t really agree on too much between themselves, so when the targets walk away there’s not much left to talk about, except maybe out-nazi each other, which just shifts the victims again.

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