[Hpr] Stop posting to twitter/X, while continuing to monitor it.

[Lyle McKarns]

I also agree with this decision.

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On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 7:43 AM zwilnik via Hpr <
hpr at lists.hackerpublicradio.com> wrote:

> Personally, I regard X as an unredeemable cesspit, so dropping it is fine
> with me.
>
>
>
> From: Ken Fallon via Hpr <hpr at lists.hackerpublicradio.com>
> To: "hpr at lists.hackerpublicradio.com"<hpr at lists.hackerpublicradio.com>
> Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 05:16:48 -0500
> Subject: [Hpr] Stop posting to twitter/X, while continuing to monitor it.
>
> Hi All,
>
> We started posting to twitter, now x.com in August 2008, and we have 976
> Followers. I would like to suggest we stop actively posting there as the
> impact of the site has diminished.
>
> While there probably was a time it was the place to be, my feeling has
> been for some time that we get no engagement there.
>
> Recently they did an update which provides statistics on shows, showing:
> Impressions
> Times this post was seen on X
> Engagements
> Total number of times a user has interacted with a post. This includes all
> clicks anywhere on the post (including hashtags, links, avatar, username,
> and post expansion), reposts, replies, follows, and likes.
>
> Checking the last few months, the Impressions metric for any given show
> hovers around the 30 mark, and has only peaked when there are click bait
> ;-) tag words in there.
>
> The Engagements on **all** episodes is 2 - both result from me boosting
> and responding, which I do to get around the limit on posting text.
>
> There are about 4 shows where the Engagement jumps to 4, and usually where
> the host also has also boosted it.
>
> Given the lack of engagement, I would like to relegate Twitter/X.com to
> the same status as Facebook and Linkedin. On these platforms we actively
> monitor and engage with people if they contact us, but do not post daily
> updates. We occasionally will post about the site been down or the New Year
> Show etc.
>
> Therefore I suggest
>
> Sites we post to on a daily basis:
>
>    - Mastodon at https://infosec.exchange/@hpr
>    - Matrix at https://matrix.to/#/#hpr:matrix.org
>    - Telegram at https://t.me/+6fEhQrf5IEc4ZGU8
>
> Sites we monitor:
>
>    - #oggcastplanet
>    <https://web.libera.chat/gamja/?channels=oggcastplanet>
>    - Facebook
>    <https://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_130169220378872¬if_t=group_r2j>
>    - Linked-In <https://www.linkedin.com/company/hackerpublicradio/>
>    - iTunes
>    <http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hacker-public-radio/id281699640>
>    - twitter, x.com <https://twitter.com/hpr>
>
> Thoughts ?
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ken Fallon (PA7KEN,G5KEN)https://kenfallon.comhttps://hackerpublicradio.org/hosts/ken_fallon
>
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