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RE: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/115762325563043978

Oh we have the same wish @EUCommission

I think it'd be a powerful move if you deleted your X account (a platform that has become a vector of misinformation and a cesspool of hate).

By the way, your homepage states: "Follow us on" followed by the icons of Facebook, X and LinkedIn. I always found it odd, since those are algorithm-based U.S. companies and you are the EUROPEAN Commission. How about putting your Mastodon icon on your homepage?

Thank you for your consideration

#LeaveX #SaveSocial

Leander Lindahl

@leanderlindahl@mastodon.social replied · 2 months ago

@_elena @EUCommission @sveckert vielleicht ist das hier was für dich/Sie zu berichten über? ☝️ 🇪🇺 ✌️

Sören

@apnoe_soeren@mastodon.social replied · 2 months ago

@_elena @EUCommission Upps... -1 😁

jzakotnik

@jzakotnik@mastodon.social replied · 2 months ago

@_elena @EUCommission I never understood why there are algorithms in social media at all. Why don’t I simply see the posts of people I follow in a chronological order. That makes the perfect social media tool

Leander Lindahl

@leanderlindahl@mastodon.social replied · 2 months ago

@_elena @EUCommission this post got (when writing this) 865 stars and 694 boosts, which is very nice. I'd also like us to give the commission credit for posting on Mastodon. 👍

If we want to help them further we can provide feedback and ask for this change at the bottom of their page where it says "give us more feedback". If they get ~1000 comments about removing X and adding Mastodon to the footer, I'm sure it'll help the web team get the greenlight to do it. #LeaveX

https://commission.europa.eu

The "give us more feedback" link that opens a comment form on the EU Commission web site.

Federation Bot

@Federation_Bot replied · 2 months ago

@_elena @EUCommission Same wishes here #UseTor #LeaveX #KeepItFree

Josh Griffiths

@joshsjunkdrawer@mastodon.social replied · 2 months ago

@_elena @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu Is this the same EU that's desperately trying to push Chat Control and now wants to ban VPNs?

Federation Bot

@Federation_Bot replied · 2 months ago

@_elena @EUCommission very well said.

circumspicio

@circumspicio@mastodon.social replied · 2 months ago

@_elena @EUCommission I don’t know anyone who uses X anymore. It is such a toxic platform, I am not sure why you would want to be associated with it. EU, be bold and move on.

Federation Bot

@Federation_Bot replied · 2 months ago

@_elena @EUCommission It's the same thing with @thegreenparty@threads.net where they are also @thegreenparty@mastodonapp.uk on Mastodon but have never posted anything.

Leander Lindahl

@leanderlindahl@mastodon.social replied · 2 months ago

@_elena @EUCommission Mastodon is a celebration of European ingenuity, vitality, innovation and resilience. How many other power blocks in the world have their own free, open, federated social media? I count zero.

Elena Rossini ⁂

@_elena@mastodon.social replied · 2 months ago

@leanderlindahl 🎯 🙌 @EUCommission

Leander Lindahl

@leanderlindahl@mastodon.social replied · 2 months ago

@_elena @EUCommission let's get 6800 boosts to celebrate 68 years of @EUCommission (founded 1957).

Elena Rossini ⁂

@_elena@mastodon.social replied · 2 months ago

@leanderlindahl I LOVE your commitment to this. And thank you for motivating me to persist (inquiring about this issue) because it's something I've been contacting them about and never received any answers (via email too)

@EUCommission

Leander Lindahl

@leanderlindahl@mastodon.social replied · 2 months ago

@_elena @EUCommission thank you yourself. I'm also an "into the void screamer". But we'll get there. We know we're right. And anyone taking the time to listen and consider what we're saying will know it too. That something is hard and takes a long time is not a reason not to do it. Slowly slowly the tide is turning.
(Look at the footer of https://bundestag.de for instance)

Federation Bot

@Federation_Bot replied · 2 months ago

@_elena
Great call out, on point! I wonder what does @EUCommission has to say to this?

Elena Rossini ⁂

@_elena@mastodon.social replied · 2 months ago

@magdalena_nik I wonder too! I have been contacting them about this very issue for 1 1/2 years now (via email too) and never got any answer

@EUCommission

Federation Bot

@Federation_Bot replied · 2 months ago

@_elena @magdalena_nik @EUCommission and that tells you everything you need to know 🙄

Federation Bot

@Federation_Bot replied · 2 months ago

@_elena @magdalena_nik @EUCommission says it all 🙄

xs4me2

@xs4me2@mastodon.social replied · 2 months ago

@_elena @EUCommission

Walk the talk...

Leander Lindahl

@leanderlindahl@mastodon.social replied · 2 months ago

@_elena @EUCommission that would be such an amazing christmas present. I would be smiling through the entire holiday and start the new year full of hope.

(The biggest threat tour democracies and our union are the algorithmic US tech giants keeping our populations in a stranglehold.)