EFF Leaves X After 20 Years Citing 98% Decline in Platform Engagement
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gregsadetsky
1mo ago· 3 min readenNews
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Summary
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is leaving X (formerly Twitter) after nearly 20 years on the platform, citing dramatically declining engagement metrics. The organization's posts have seen impressions drop from 50-100 million per month in 2018 to just 2 million per month in 2024, representing a 98% decline in reach. EFF explains that the platform's algorithm changes and content moderation issues have made it ineffective for their digital rights advocacy work, and they're redirecting resources to other platforms where they can better reach their audience.
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The math hasn't worked out for a while now.
To put it bluntly, an X post today receives less than 1% of the engagement it did in 2018.
We're leaving because the platform no longer serves our mission to defend digital rights.
After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue.
