Binfire of the vanities
BBC
In the wake of M¡50gyn1sT!C images created by Grok users, an exodus of GOV.UK's malcontents from X has gathered pace.
Several members of parliament have thrown their toys out of the pram; grandiosely announcing that they'll no longer use Elon Musk's platform, some even going so far as to tell their constituents that they can now only follow them on Bluesky. At least one Labour councillor has called for his local authority to quit X. And a primary school head teacher says his school is considering jumping ship. There may well be others. 
It's all very exciting, isn't it? All of this potential outreach lost, or going to where the sky is blue.
But, for all the fulminating over X being a binfire of disinformation, misogyny and hate speech
, have any of the firebrands ever considered that the consequences of their actions may not be as profound as they might like to imagine or portray?
A survey of 5,561 Britons aged 16+, conducted by Verian and published 01.05.2025, concluded: X and Bluesky users are not representative of the general public in the UK
. The results of the survey showed that only 24% of the population reported having an X account, and a meagre 3% were willing to admit to using Bluesky. This implies that the vast majority of the population does not give a shit about either platform, and any politicos and public servants using them for outreach are reaching only a fraction of their target audience. They could give up both X and Bluesky, and most of the great unwashed would be none the wiser.
A school, for example, would be better served by a website, which is likely to have greater outreach as it doesn't require visitors to give their private data to a social media platform awash with sociopaths. Which makes Jamie Barry's mithering all the more incomprehensible: Yew Tree Primary School already has a website.
Still, at least it got his name and photo in the news…and onto this blog. Big ups, Jimbo!