[FFmpeg-devel] considering ffmpeg's twitter/x

[compn]

On Tue, 28 Jan 2025 23:26:39 -1000, compn wrote:

> hi,
> 
> as i asked on irc this week, and as many of you may have seen it, the
> owner of twitter/x did a thing at a political rally last week:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wubITdJ_MCw
> 
> when asked if he meant the gesture, the man replied with this:
> https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1882406209187409976
> 
> elon then did a zoom speech for the AFD party in germany a few days
> later.
> https://youtu.be/cG9gl2RIr90?t=9003
> (apologies, this is the official afd channel video)
> 
> i personally dont think we should be supporting this man's projects or
> companies. i deleted my personal twitter account when he said he was
> going to do the following in 2022:
> https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/elon-musk-twitter-reinstates-neo-nazi-andrew-anglin-account-1234640390/
> 
> 
> in an effort to streamline the discussion, this is specifically a
> question:
> 
> A. to continue using twitter/x
> 
> or 
> 
> B. to park the account and point to alternate modes of ffmpeg
> communication
> 
> thank you

debian just posted that they will no longer post on x/twitter.
https://micronews.debian.org/2025/1738154246.html

-compn