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You can be a coffee achiever
You can sit around the house and watch Leave It to Beaver
The future's up to you
So what you gonna do?
Dare to be stupid, dare to be stupid

Yes, and automatically follow JD Vance and Trump. Totally a bug /s

That's a really important point! I didn't think of that but I know Snopes does that. I updated the post to mention your suggestion.

Yes, it's DARVO (deny, attack, and reverse victim & offender): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARVO

If these instructions are risky for you of course don't do it.

For sure, I'd much rather people join Lemmy. I just figured might as well do everything we can to reduce how many people link to fake news and tabloid type website even on platforms we don't personally use/like. The less traffic those websites get the less ad revenue they get.

Twitter/X is horrible. I feel of all the large/mainstream (used to be mainstream) social media platforms it's the worst. We don't need to trust them to police themselves, reporting is now win-win because if they don't take down the reprehensible content you can use the evidence you collected to persuade your friends to leave Twitter/X. If you are lucky and it's the 1% of the time when they actually remove it that's good too because you just got some hate taken down.

This is especially powerful for people in the EU, I don't know how to do it but if their DSA reports don't get acknowledged perhaps it would be possible to send the screenshots to someone in the EU or their countries government and they could fine Twitter/X for violating the DSA.

Everyone plays a small part. It's kind of like voting. My vote is one in a million but I still must vote, if everyone thinks they should not vote because their vote is only one in a million it will be bad. We must try the best we can and urge everyone we know to boycott Tesla and Twitter and in addition urge them to spread the message along to their friend groups. Trying is always better than not trying. Helping doesn't require any additional effort. For example maybe you're out of interesting conversation topics with friends, maybe you could mention something like "did you hear about the Tesla that caught on fire?" (mention one of the many, many times this has happened, be sure to clarify that other EV brands are more safe so people go to another EV brand, not an ICE car) then later say "I heard that Tesla cars are dangerous because the doors automatically lock in an expulsion and they also lie about their range" ... "This knowledge could save your friends or family, be sure to pass it along" When you say interesting facts like that to people they may repeat it even if you don't ask them to.

Thank you so much for finding that! It's even more shocking than I thought. So many more instances already. I hope this prompts more people to delete their Twitter/X account.

The most important thing is to take care of your own health. I'd recommend pivoting sending encouraging messages to progressives. For example if there's a content creator you like write a message saying you're grateful for everything he/she does. You'll feel good and whoever receives your message will feel good too.

Also campaign for issues you care about instead of being against issues you're opposed to. This should result in less anxiety and stress. If that doesn't work you got to focus on the anxiety and stress first before you focus on activism. The reason why is because once you solve the anxiety and stress you will be more powerful. I've read articles on resisting Trump and most say you must first focus on your personal health. https://wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/10-things-to-do-if-trump-wins/

I agree totally, these instructions are only for those who for whatever reason feel they must stay on those platforms. Leaving is the better option.

I agree 100%. These instructions are only for people who for whatever reason feel they must still have an account. Leaving is much better if you can. If for whatever reason you feel you cannot leave I would highly recommend cross posting on Bluesky and Mastodon.