I see many socialists on X and Instagram that are not on Mastodon, why is that? Is there a socialist argument as to why these organizations are still there, and should we join them?
I see many socialists on X and Instagram that are not on Mastodon, why is that? Is there a socialist argument as to why these organizations are still there, and should we join them?
Nobody uses mastodon. Orgs use platforms where they can reach an audience
Nobody uses Mastodon is a lazy analysis.
Do you want me to pull usage statistics for mastodon vs mainstream social media?
Claiming “nobody is on Mastodon” is a lazy excuse to avoid it. The stats are clear that there is a stark difference, but regardless, organizations should be there too.
There isn’t really a good reason to spend resources on a platform that barely has any people on it.
defeatism, its empty because no one is there and im not going there because its empty so we’re going to continue giving zuckerburg ad revenue
ineffective at best, orgs should focus instead on going outside and moving to decentralized platforms for information sharing.
host your own site, hand out leaflets, open stalls; posting on mainstream social media is a dead end and only drives engagement with fascists and people who dont go outside, neither of who are productive.
My org has our website, flyers on a weekly basis and does stalls at bigger events AND posts about it on mainstream social media. I don’t see a problem with it
And when the fascists are in power they will have every member on those social medias sites details, well done!
Why are we giving traffic and org details to the enemy again, do you understand who owns these websites?
i dont really understand how you propose promoting an org or doing mass communications. by that logic no org member should own a phone because it could be traced, or because its produced by capitalist businesses.
1 - going outside and distributing propaganda to the public
2 - engage with your local community through activism
3 - setup your own orgs website and direct people too it
you cant use the masters tools to break the masters home comrade, mainstream social media is designed to filter people like us out and at worst suppress/hunt down people like us; take lessons from the red scare or how twitter and facebook work to suppress the working class and inform fascist regimes all over the world, if you invest into the tools of the upper class you’re just honey potting yourself.
not what im saying at all, you can create your own risk profile suited to what you’re doing; as an induvidual you’re still driving engagement with social media but its not the biggest deal ever
if you’re out protesting and bring your phone though? terrible OPSEC, it can be used to geolocate and prosecute you.
for a massive orgs comms?
undermines the anti-capitalist messaging a little bit when its on the front page of one of the richest people on the planet dont you think?