The Environment in Canada Podcast Oligarch Social Media: Stay, Leave? OR Misuse...
Nov 1, 2025
In this engaging discussion, the focus is on the dilemma of staying on or leaving oligarch-owned social media platforms. The host emphasizes the importance of building safer digital spaces while strategizing on effective online advocacy for environmental justice. Learn how to tap into denialist tactics to ethically redirect users to alternative platforms. The conversation also dives into the role of AI and the significance of truth in communications, with practical tips on engaging audiences and measuring success through conversions rather than debates.
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Use Platforms Strategically Not Passively
- Do change how you use billionaire-owned platforms and be strategic rather than passive.
- Do treat boycotts as a process of slowly trickling away users while building alternatives.
Communications Beyond Billionaire Control
- The goal is to build communication structures beyond billionaire control: email lists, phone trees, and in-person networks.
- Strategy should focus on drawing people to those channels and developing community capacity for action.
Make Your Exit Visible And Practical
- Do tailor your boycott method to your influence: famous people leaving have more reputational impact.
- Do leave profiles with links to alternatives to guide followers elsewhere when mass departure isn't happening.