Hmmmm…out of a random sample of 5,000 accounts which were following me on Twitter as of 10/27, 128 have deleted their accounts and at least 175 others have set up Mastodon accounts (only includes those who’ve added the link to their Twitter profile). #xp
Update: Out of 25,000 accounts which followed me as of 10/27, 707 have been deleted and at least 889 others have set up Mastodon/CS accounts. That's 2.8% deleted + at least 3.5% Masto/CS so far.
Update: Out of 50,000 accounts which followed me as of 10/27, 1,420 have been deleted & at least 1,753 others have set up Mastodon/CS accounts. Again, 2.8% & 3.5% respectively.
Remarkably close from group to group, suggesting that this may be representative across Twitter?
Update: Out of 50K who followed me on Twitter as of 10/27, 1,555 have deleted their accounts (3.1%) and at least 1,813 have set up Mastodon/CS accounts (3.6%).
Update: I double-checked and my follower export was actually done 3 days later. Of 50K followers as of 10/30/22, 3.2% have deleted their accounts & at least 3.7% have set up Mastodon/CS accounts.
Of 50K followers as of 10/30/22, 3.3% have deleted their accounts & at least 3.7% have set up Mastodon/cs accounts.
Of 50K followers as of 10/30/22, 3.4% have deleted their accounts & at least 3.7% have set up Mastodon/CS accounts.
Assuming the deletion rate so far continues, and assuming these 50K accounts are representative of Twitter at large, it would take another 773 days for every Twitter account to disappear.
That would be around January 6, 2025, aka the 4th anniversary of the January 6th insurrection. Huh.
CW: #BirdSite
Of 50K of my #BirdSite followers as of 10/30/22, 3.5% have deleted their accounts & at least 3.7% have set up #Mastodon/CS accounts.
Of 50K followers as of 10/30/22, 3.6% have deleted their accounts & at least 3.7% have set up Mastodon/CS accounts.
Out of 50K followers as of 10/30/22, 3.7% have deleted their accounts & at least 3.8% have set up Mastodon/CS accounts.
Wow. I don't know how many were suspended by Musk for making fun of him vs. how many suspended their own accounts out of disgust, but 47 more of my followers accounts have disappeared in just the last 14 hours.
Another 53 of my followers' accounts have been deleted in the past day and a half.
Another 25 of my followers' accounts have been deleted in the past 19 hours.
An average of 57 accounts have been deleted per day since 10/30. At that pace 100% of my followers accounts will be deleted by March 25, 2025.
Another 22 of my followers accounts have been deleted over the past day or so. 4% total since Musk took over.
I assume some of this is normal churn but...
49 more follower accounts deleted since 12/06. That's 4.1% of my followers gone from the platform since Musk took over.
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🧵 People have asked me why I started an organized project to raise money *directly* for Democratic candidates up & down the ballot when there's already so many other organizations out there doing this. There's a couple of reasons. 1/
The first is that most of the existing organizations/PACs/etc seem to (in my view) *either* focus ONLY on the true swing districts *or* they raise money for races which are clearly unwinnable without being up front about how long the odds in those races are. 2/
I try to walk the line between these--for district-level races I cast my net wider than most "tossup only!" advocates, but not absurdly wide; for statewide races I *do* include deep red states but also make it absolutely clear that those races are *very* long shots. 3/
A little fun Die Hard trivia for those who don’t know:
The first Die Hard was based on a 1979 novel called Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp. In the novel McClain’s character was named Joe Leland. This was a sequel to a 1966 novel by Thorp called The Detective. 1/
The Detective had been made into a film starring Frank Sinatra as Joe Leland in 1968.
This means Bruce Willis plays the same character as Frank Sinatra.
In fact, the studio was contractually required to offer the role to Sinatra if he wanted it. Sinatra was 73 at the time.
As for the novel Nothing Lasts Forever (title since changed to “Die Hard”), it follows most of the same storyline and characters, but with a few VERY important differences…
How does the @nytimes know that these are actual federal officials who actually signed it if they did so “anonymously?”
Does that mean the Times is redacting their names? Or does it just say “signed, 400 officials” at the bottom of the letter?
@nytimes I’m not being snarky here—I can’t read the original NY Times article without a subscription; do they clarify how they verified that these 400 people actually are federal officials and that they did in fact sign off on the letter in it?
1. DON'T DELAY; #GETCOVERED BY *DECEMBER 15th* IF POSSIBLE!
#ACA Open Enrollment officially runs from 11/01/23 - 1/16/24, but if you want your coverage to start in JANUARY you only have until December 15th in most states!
Here's a table of the deadlines & when coverage starts for every state +DC (some may be extended at the last minute):