Somewhere in a group chat someone said that when you leave that hell-site Formerly Known As #Twitter, you also leave the people from #Gaza who are on there. Those people have not the time to leave Twitter and build-up a new social profile.

This is true, but there are a few potholes in this reasoning. Let me explain.

It's a fact that people from Gaza and other parts of the Global South are relying on corporate sites like Twitter, #Instagram and don't forget #Facebook. Yes, it's not our task to play the white saviour and urge them to leave those toxic sites. On the other hand, don't forget that those sites are owned by white men, so we have some responsibility here. Especially as an anti-capitalist.

Don't forget that are also people from Gaza (and the rest of Palestine) outside those big tech hell-sites. Like here on Mastodon, Bluesky and other social websites. So with this reasoning you (as a pro-Palestinian activist) should be present at all those sites. Most of them are not, so they shouldn’t complain about us not being there.

Especially on Twitter, but also on Meta sites, Palestinian voices are silenced. They receive a low ranking in the algorithms. You can follow them, like and share them, but their voices will probably never leave your bubble.

But there is a solution …

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