This is just datapoint... https://connect.geant.org/2024/04/29/geant-is-ceasing-activities-on-x-fka-twitter
This also have links to other NRENs and Universities that did the same... Also regarding the "20,000 followers" - I think this wrong metric, but I am not a social media expert, so I don't know how to cleanup this list to remove dead accounts (like GÉANT above) and bots to understand what's the actual number of people you are reaching this way. Cheers, -- Ondřej Surý (He/Him) [email protected] > On 29. 4. 2024, at 11:57, Ulka Athale <[email protected]> wrote: > > Regarding the ethics of being on Twitter, or any other social media > platform, we need to consider the risk of our absence. The official > RIPE NCC accounts have nearly 20,000 followers and social media > remains an important way for us to reach people who might not be > reading our emails. No longer maintaining an active presence leaves us > open to the risk of copycat accounts (which has been a concern ever > since Twitter changed its verification system), and might make us less > accessible to the many people and organisations who continue to use > it. We have a responsibility to remain open and reachable. -- To unsubscribe from this mailing list, get a password reminder, or change your subscription options, please visit: https://lists.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/ripe-list
