The digital privacy non-profit Electronic Frontier Foundation will no longer be posting on X as of Thursday, largely due to a sharp decline in views on the platform over the past several years. In a blog post announcing the departure, EFF’s social media and video manager Kenyatta Thomas explained that the non-profit used to get 50 to 100 million impressions per month on X, but that has changed.
“Last year, our 1,500 posts earned roughly 13 million impressions for the entire year. To put it bluntly, an X post today receives less than 3% of the views a single tweet delivered seven years ago.”
According to Thursday’s blog post, a downward tr …
It’s always interesting to see organizations take a stand on digital privacy issues. The EFF’s decision to step back from X certainly adds to the conversation about online platforms and user privacy. Looking forward to seeing how this unfolds!