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[–] gomp@lemmy.ml 103 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Death warrant? Maybe, but I expect companies (maybe not the EU, but - let's be frank - probably the EU too) to go back into X as soon as they feel they are done cashing in this virtue signaling.

There were plenty of reasons to leave twitter before this idiotic tweet from Musk (reasons due to twitter's action as a company, and not just Musk's drunken posts) and they were all happily tweeting and advertising.

Is this drop that breaks the camel's back? Maybe, but I wouldn't be holding my breath.

[–] zartcosgrove@beehaw.org 21 points 1 year ago (6 children)

"cashing in this virtue signaling"

Not wanting to be associated with the Great Replacement theory is "virtue signaling"

Tell me you're a right wing shill without telling me you're a right wing shill

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 16 points 1 year ago (4 children)

He's right. They don't care about what's on X as long as there isn't negative publicity. It has nothing to do with being right-wing. If anything, it's quite left-wing to believe that companies only care about the baseline.

[–] zartcosgrove@beehaw.org -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"virtue signaling" is a right wing term by which statements of principle are dismissed.

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's rubbish. It has nothing to do with right wing. Google, Apple, Coca Cola, Microsoft, and many other large companies have been accused of virtue signaling - rightfully so. They pretend to care about social issues for 2 seconds and then go right back to business once the news cycle is over. Is that a right-wing thing to do?

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