... Debian was on twitter??

I keep making the incorrect assumption that everyone has already left X. Just seems common sense we've hit all hands abandon ship

This is a great example of where linking to a blog post about an announcement is better than linking to the announcement itself:

after digging a bit deeper, I discovered that there was originally a longer, more detailed announcement that was later scrapped. I found it in a GitLab commit made by Jean. [Link to GitLab comment in article]

Good job, itsfoss.com

As it turns out, having an account on a social media platform full of Nazis, violent racists, and child diddlers is not good for business.

citing concerns over values and diversity.

Sigh. It's always for the dumbest reasons that people leave these abusive platforms.

I don't like how people are trying to stir up dissent and drama around this. The message posted is short and on point, it includes all the important bits. There really isn't much more to add.

Good for them. It's an organisation's free choice to pick the platforms they post and interact on, if any. Their presence is a service in itself while there are plenty of other ways to follow or reach them if needed.

Great news, Thank you Debian community!

The reasoning behind this move is said to be X/Twitter not being in line with Debian's shared values

Yeay, Debian user here who also left Twitter/X for similar reasons. I was already on Mastodon and Bluesky but didn't make a habit out of it. Leaving the bad platform entirely (and having my data archived and searchable) helped a lot.

Glad to hear they moved on!