So apparently all the coordination, planning and communications for organising No Kings events on Instagram have disappeared and the account admins have been suspended.
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@Remittancegirl heard it's back, but strange anyway
@Dodo_sipping @Remittancegirl Testing for the inevitable chaos around the actual election day?
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@Remittancegirl There’s a parallel here with Ukraine being dependent on US/Musk platforms. We need to find all the ways the enemy is dependent on us and work that.
@karmic_resonance Well they are. They're dependent on our eyeballs, our attention, on our commerce, on our addictions.
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@karmic_resonance Well they are. They're dependent on our eyeballs, our attention, on our commerce, on our addictions.
@Remittancegirl Exactly. We need to continue to encourage ways to not participate.
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So apparently all the coordination, planning and communications for organising No Kings events on Instagram have disappeared and the account admins have been suspended.
So... here's the thing:
DON'T PLAN YOUR REVOLUTION ON THE KING'S BLACKBOARD.
The fact that organisers are depending on the availability of a platform run by any of the tech bros... well, it makes me think you aren't a terribly effective opposition.
@Remittancegirl People are completely captured by Meta (& TikTok & X). You’ll never convince them to leave. (Preaching to the choir, I know.)
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So apparently all the coordination, planning and communications for organising No Kings events on Instagram have disappeared and the account admins have been suspended.
So... here's the thing:
DON'T PLAN YOUR REVOLUTION ON THE KING'S BLACKBOARD.
The fact that organisers are depending on the availability of a platform run by any of the tech bros... well, it makes me think you aren't a terribly effective opposition.
@Remittancegirl 100%
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What? I'm not on IG. There's zip on IG about No Kings? Very weird.
@QueenOfTheCroneAge @Remittancegirl IG is owned by Meta, aka Mark Zuckerberg/Facebook. They're ratfucking Lula's election campaign on behalf of Bolsonaro, so dabbling in politics on the side of the Fash is absolutely typical. Rancid goddamn nazi-snogging billionaires.
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@karmic_resonance Well they are. They're dependent on our eyeballs, our attention, on our commerce, on our addictions.
@Remittancegirl @karmic_resonance ...on our furries fixing problems in (and caused by) their terrible code...
(This is probably an overoptimistic view, but I like to imagine it.)
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So apparently all the coordination, planning and communications for organising No Kings events on Instagram have disappeared and the account admins have been suspended.
So... here's the thing:
DON'T PLAN YOUR REVOLUTION ON THE KING'S BLACKBOARD.
The fact that organisers are depending on the availability of a platform run by any of the tech bros... well, it makes me think you aren't a terribly effective opposition.
@Remittancegirl
Exactly!
If the opposition is completely incapable of organizing something as basic as communications...It basically sounds like blatant incompetence -
@QueenOfTheCroneAge @Remittancegirl IG is owned by Meta, aka Mark Zuckerberg/Facebook. They're ratfucking Lula's election campaign on behalf of Bolsonaro, so dabbling in politics on the side of the Fash is absolutely typical. Rancid goddamn nazi-snogging billionaires.
Right, cstross. I don't need you to explain social media to me.
And yep, it's a thing.
Via Public Citizen
"Today, during the peak of our national day of action, the No Kings Coalition Instagram account was taken down and is no longer accessible.This is a clear attempt to silence the No Kings Coalition & prevent future communications.
Don't let them silence No Kings. Spread the word."
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So apparently all the coordination, planning and communications for organising No Kings events on Instagram have disappeared and the account admins have been suspended.
So... here's the thing:
DON'T PLAN YOUR REVOLUTION ON THE KING'S BLACKBOARD.
The fact that organisers are depending on the availability of a platform run by any of the tech bros... well, it makes me think you aren't a terribly effective opposition.
@Remittancegirl On efficacy, I'm not quite sure what they have achieved other than being a social club for people who were going to vote a particular way anyway.
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So apparently all the coordination, planning and communications for organising No Kings events on Instagram have disappeared and the account admins have been suspended.
So... here's the thing:
DON'T PLAN YOUR REVOLUTION ON THE KING'S BLACKBOARD.
The fact that organisers are depending on the availability of a platform run by any of the tech bros... well, it makes me think you aren't a terribly effective opposition.
@Remittancegirl Right up there with unionizing on the work Slack. Genuinely, I need people to start being WAY more cynical and paranoid about the nazis' platforms.
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So apparently all the coordination, planning and communications for organising No Kings events on Instagram have disappeared and the account admins have been suspended.
So... here's the thing:
DON'T PLAN YOUR REVOLUTION ON THE KING'S BLACKBOARD.
The fact that organisers are depending on the availability of a platform run by any of the tech bros... well, it makes me think you aren't a terribly effective opposition.
@Remittancegirl If you’re trying to get the people involved, you have to go where the people are
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@Remittancegirl People are completely captured by Meta (& TikTok & X). You’ll never convince them to leave. (Preaching to the choir, I know.)
@tantramar utterly useless response
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@tantramar utterly useless response
@suddjian Hey, thanks for playing! Go fuck yourself!
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Right, cstross. I don't need you to explain social media to me.
And yep, it's a thing.
Via Public Citizen
"Today, during the peak of our national day of action, the No Kings Coalition Instagram account was taken down and is no longer accessible.This is a clear attempt to silence the No Kings Coalition & prevent future communications.
Don't let them silence No Kings. Spread the word."
Have they made a website yet? @QueenOfTheCroneAge @cstross @Remittancegirl
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So apparently all the coordination, planning and communications for organising No Kings events on Instagram have disappeared and the account admins have been suspended.
So... here's the thing:
DON'T PLAN YOUR REVOLUTION ON THE KING'S BLACKBOARD.
The fact that organisers are depending on the availability of a platform run by any of the tech bros... well, it makes me think you aren't a terribly effective opposition.
@Remittancegirl Also scheduling protests with a fixed start and end date is kind of defeating the point.
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@QueenOfTheCroneAge @Remittancegirl IG is owned by Meta, aka Mark Zuckerberg/Facebook. They're ratfucking Lula's election campaign on behalf of Bolsonaro, so dabbling in politics on the side of the Fash is absolutely typical. Rancid goddamn nazi-snogging billionaires.
@cstross @QueenOfTheCroneAge @Remittancegirl Europe should ban all things Meta. While they can.
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So apparently all the coordination, planning and communications for organising No Kings events on Instagram have disappeared and the account admins have been suspended.
So... here's the thing:
DON'T PLAN YOUR REVOLUTION ON THE KING'S BLACKBOARD.
The fact that organisers are depending on the availability of a platform run by any of the tech bros... well, it makes me think you aren't a terribly effective opposition.
@Remittancegirl should be basic OPSEC for any political actiongroup.
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So apparently all the coordination, planning and communications for organising No Kings events on Instagram have disappeared and the account admins have been suspended.
So... here's the thing:
DON'T PLAN YOUR REVOLUTION ON THE KING'S BLACKBOARD.
The fact that organisers are depending on the availability of a platform run by any of the tech bros... well, it makes me think you aren't a terribly effective opposition.
@Remittancegirl the ruling class WANTS you to protest peacefully as they sleep peacefully on Saturdays. Change that. Raise some hell during busy weekday hours that stop the flow of business.
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@cstross @QueenOfTheCroneAge @Remittancegirl Europe should ban all things Meta. While they can.
@JoelBarr Brazil should as well (in addition to Twitter). Meta has been interfering with their election: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/meta-employees-said-lulas-accounts-were-hindered-during-brazil-election-folha-2026-10-16/
