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by tonymet 76 days ago
well put. if their mission is to help protect vulnerable communities, and the effort to post on X is near zero ( it can be automated or take just a moment manually), they are betraying their mission to help protect as many vulnerable communities as possible.
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That's not EFF's mission. They are not an organization that deals in helping vulnerable communities. They are an organization dedicated to improving electronic ownership and privacy.

At most, X only serves as a marketing/fundraising mechanism. Nothing more. And the EFF doesn't really need to do that as I'm certain their victories and fights will still be shared on X without them.

Advocacy and awareness is one of their primary efforts. And they are defending LGBT and abortion rights . Those aren’t abstract , those are for people
Should they also be posting on other ideologically similar sites such as Stormfront and Truth Social?
i doubt they have any reach or engagement there, so it's not germane to this decision.
Are explicit white supremacy, undermining of democratic values, and morality in general also “not germane to this decision”?
Are you saying that X / Twitter has more of that content than the other platforms they are remaining on like IG / Reels & Tiktok? Because IG/Reels in particular is notorious for that, and Tiktok used to be (but I haven't used it since the buyout)