MoCo BOE abandons twitter. They are NOT political?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elon's ownership of X/Twitter given his enmeshed alliance and role with the Trump administration makes this a legitimate decision. Though I also think staying on the platform is also a legitimate decision.

Twitter, which used to be a neutral platform, has itself become highly political.

Exactly, which is why many people have already migrated to using BlueSky. I generally remember Twitter back in 2020 during COVID was more neutral until Elon made the bad decision to takeover the platform.

Is there a single Republican on BlueSky?

If this concerns you, you can also follow them on Instagram or Facebook.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They abandoned X and they are on Bluesky, yes they are political!

1) The Board of Education is an elected body. It is, by definition, political. Whatever is your point?

2) Whatever are you prattling on about calling a preference for Bluesky over X being “political.” That doesn’t even make sense.

You have a very peculiar outlook on things, pp.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elon's ownership of X/Twitter given his enmeshed alliance and role with the Trump administration makes this a legitimate decision. Though I also think staying on the platform is also a legitimate decision.

Twitter, which used to be a neutral platform, has itself become highly political.

Exactly, which is why many people have already migrated to using BlueSky. I generally remember Twitter back in 2020 during COVID was more neutral until Elon made the bad decision to takeover the platform.

Is there a single Republican on BlueSky?

Who knows? Who cares? They’re certainly welcome. What are you driving at exactly?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elon's ownership of X/Twitter given his enmeshed alliance and role with the Trump administration makes this a legitimate decision. Though I also think staying on the platform is also a legitimate decision.

Twitter, which used to be a neutral platform, has itself become highly political.

Exactly, which is why many people have already migrated to using BlueSky. I generally remember Twitter back in 2020 during COVID was more neutral until Elon made the bad decision to takeover the platform.

Is there a single Republican on BlueSky?

Who knows? Who cares? They’re certainly welcome. What are you driving at exactly?

Although BlueSky MAY technically be a neutral site I don't think any Republicans are on it. So nope no Republicans. Oh I forgot there are RINOs who could be there but no true Republicans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elon's ownership of X/Twitter given his enmeshed alliance and role with the Trump administration makes this a legitimate decision. Though I also think staying on the platform is also a legitimate decision.

Twitter, which used to be a neutral platform, has itself become highly political.

Exactly, which is why many people have already migrated to using BlueSky. I generally remember Twitter back in 2020 during COVID was more neutral until Elon made the bad decision to takeover the platform.

Is there a single Republican on BlueSky?

Who knows? Who cares? They’re certainly welcome. What are you driving at exactly?

Although BlueSky MAY technically be a neutral site I don't think any Republicans are on it. So nope no Republicans. Oh I forgot there are RINOs who could be there but no true Republicans.

(1) That's on them.
(2) So what? If Republicans don't want to be on Bluesky, then they can see the BoE social media posts on Facebook or Instagram, or they can use one of the multiple other forms of communication used by the BoE

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Elon's ownership of X/Twitter given his enmeshed alliance and role with the Trump administration makes this a legitimate decision. Though I also think staying on the platform is also a legitimate decision.

Twitter, which used to be a neutral platform, has itself become highly political.

Come on man.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elon's ownership of X/Twitter given his enmeshed alliance and role with the Trump administration makes this a legitimate decision. Though I also think staying on the platform is also a legitimate decision.

Twitter, which used to be a neutral platform, has itself become highly political.

Exactly, which is why many people have already migrated to using BlueSky. I generally remember Twitter back in 2020 during COVID was more neutral until Elon made the bad decision to takeover the platform.

Is there a single Republican on BlueSky?

Who knows? Who cares? They’re certainly welcome. What are you driving at exactly?

Although BlueSky MAY technically be a neutral site I don't think any Republicans are on it. So nope no Republicans. Oh I forgot there are RINOs who could be there but no true Republicans.

(1) That's on them.
(2) So what? If Republicans don't want to be on Bluesky, then they can see the BoE social media posts on Facebook or Instagram, or they can use one of the multiple other forms of communication used by the BoE

Do you consider DCUM to be neutral?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The idea of them dropping Twitter doesn’t bother me nearly as much as them continuing to spend resources keeping Bluesky, Facebook, and Instagram updated. They have a website. They have phone systems in place that can deliver messages to parents, individually and en masse, as needed. They send home printed materials. They coordinate with local news agencies. Why do they need to be on social media at all?

This.

[Anonymous]

They should post on their own website instead of hiding from the public.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elon's ownership of X/Twitter given his enmeshed alliance and role with the Trump administration makes this a legitimate decision. Though I also think staying on the platform is also a legitimate decision.

Twitter, which used to be a neutral platform, has itself become highly political.

Exactly, which is why many people have already migrated to using BlueSky. I generally remember Twitter back in 2020 during COVID was more neutral until Elon made the bad decision to takeover the platform.

Is there a single Republican on BlueSky?

If Elon decides to takeover BlueSky, then there'll probably be more Republicans...

[Anonymous]

The BOE posts on social media to try and reach more people than just posting on their own website. I don’t know any elected officials/groups that do not use social media these days. Facebook is old and plenty of adults for better or worse do use it. It seems pretty entrenched. Instagram make sense as well. Neither X nor Bluesky make sense to me as a needed platform. Both now have limited appeal with one leaning right and one left. But, it is up to the elected BOE to sort what platforms are most likely as an entirety to reach the MCPS public and given how left leaning our area is it makes more sense to include bluesky than x. Since they also post on FB and Instagram, it is not like they are forcing the public who want to follow them on social media to join bluesky. Of everything facing MCPS the move from x to bluesky as a third social media outlet for following them seems pretty unimportant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
https://x.com/mocoboe/status/1866523615010648483

Moco BOE
@mocoboe
The Montgomery County Board of Education will no longer post on X, formerly Twitter. We encourage you to follow us on Bluesky, Instagram, and Facebook. Thank you.

That's one way to NOT be transparent. The goal of the BOE should be to reach the greatest amount of people. Instead, they are throwing some type of political temper trantrum. If anyone doubts that the BOE isn't political, I have news for you.

Most legitimate organizations have quit X. It’s a cesspool. That is not a political move.

BOE is an elected position btw, by definition it’s political.

It’s odd that you believe X is still relevant.

It is objectively weird to pretend X is not extremely relevant. I dislike Musk but I am not delusional about the relevancy of X. If anything, the influence is growing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
https://x.com/mocoboe/status/1866523615010648483

Moco BOE
@mocoboe
The Montgomery County Board of Education will no longer post on X, formerly Twitter. We encourage you to follow us on Bluesky, Instagram, and Facebook. Thank you.

That's one way to NOT be transparent. The goal of the BOE should be to reach the greatest amount of people. Instead, they are throwing some type of political temper trantrum. If anyone doubts that the BOE isn't political, I have news for you.

It's the right thing to do these days. Twitter knowingly pushes misinformation and does far more harm than good. It's not about politics just good sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
https://x.com/mocoboe/status/1866523615010648483

Moco BOE
@mocoboe
The Montgomery County Board of Education will no longer post on X, formerly Twitter. We encourage you to follow us on Bluesky, Instagram, and Facebook. Thank you.

That's one way to NOT be transparent. The goal of the BOE should be to reach the greatest amount of people. Instead, they are throwing some type of political temper trantrum. If anyone doubts that the BOE isn't political, I have news for you.

Most legitimate organizations have quit X. It’s a cesspool. That is not a political move.

BOE is an elected position btw, by definition it’s political.

It’s odd that you believe X is still relevant.

It is objectively weird to pretend X is not extremely relevant. I dislike Musk but I am not delusional about the relevancy of X. If anything, the influence is growing.

It stopped being relevant when it the veracity of information cannot be trusted. This is like saying Russian troll farms are relevant since that's what you're getting from Twitter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elon's ownership of X/Twitter given his enmeshed alliance and role with the Trump administration makes this a legitimate decision. Though I also think staying on the platform is also a legitimate decision.

Twitter, which used to be a neutral platform, has itself become highly political.

Exactly, which is why many people have already migrated to using BlueSky. I generally remember Twitter back in 2020 during COVID was more neutral until Elon made the bad decision to takeover the platform.

Is there a single Republican on BlueSky?

Who knows? Who cares? They’re certainly welcome. What are you driving at exactly?

Although BlueSky MAY technically be a neutral site I don't think any Republicans are on it. So nope no Republicans. Oh I forgot there are RINOs who could be there but no true Republicans.

(1) That's on them.
(2) So what? If Republicans don't want to be on Bluesky, then they can see the BoE social media posts on Facebook or Instagram, or they can use one of the multiple other forms of communication used by the BoE

Do you consider DCUM to be neutral?

Absolutely, it's an anonymous forum without editorial. The form is neutral. The people who post here may have their personal bias but it's simply personal.