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[–] 97 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

I read the article. I didn’t see anything “tricky”. Just a lot of weak excuses.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Literally this. It's as easy as making a Bluesky account and mass changing all links to it, and putting a permanent banner on their site with their handle.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Or not making the same mistake twice, and opting for something decentralised that your company owns, such as your own Mastodon instance.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah, but then they have to pay someone to maintain it. And low though that cost may be, it's precisely the sort of thing that C-levels like to cut when they feel like pretending that they actually do something.

    It's a hard thing for a C-level's ego to set something up that they know someone else is going to cut later, or worse that they might be the one to "have to" cut it.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    They have to pay someone to manage the account in the first place. No reason that worker can’t do both.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Typing in a box on a website provided by someone else can be done by practically anyone, even the boss themselves at a pinch. Heck, some of them love doing that.

    Maintaining a server (or a service on a server) requires someone with more skills, which generally costs more money.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Some smart entrepreneur could offer a Mastodon-server-in-a-box service, where companies only pay hosting fees for company-name.social and a social network employee.

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  • [–] 39 points 2 years ago

    It's hard. You'll lose all those potential nazi customers. And inbred rednecks, mostly from US southern states.

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  • [–] 31 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Of course, the BBC led the way by having it's own mastodon instance...

    Which has been a trial for nearly two years now.

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  • [–] 28 points 2 years ago

    On the plus side, the BBC news website is normalising companies wanting to leave. This is a powerful message.

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago

    I think brands should stay on X, this way they don't bother me with their advertisement on my social media.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago

    Corporations with that Nazi fomo

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    "Do I want to support Nazis?" The answer is no, it's always no. "No, I do not want to support a Nazi"

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    "Users protesting by leaving should weigh the broader social implications of staying versus exiting."

    Hmmn, let me weigh up the broader social implications of . . . holocaust, world war, racial purification, hatred and divisiveness. Strangely, I think i can trust the gut on this one without having to do all the complex social cost benefit analysis.

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  • [+] 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago

    What is really tricky is that most people that seek top level leadership roles align with fascism.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    We just could not leave the NAZI camp the food was just too good. I get it corporations. When the dead bodies start showing up you will just step over them.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    "Will you join wheat thins in the fight against lime disease?"

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago

    Just stay there! We don't want you here?

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