I keep making the incorrect assumption that everyone has already left X. Just seems common sense we've hit all hands abandon ship

This is a great example of where linking to a blog post about an announcement is better than linking to the announcement itself:

after digging a bit deeper, I discovered that there was originally a longer, more detailed announcement that was later scrapped. I found it in a GitLab commit made by Jean. [Link to GitLab comment in article]

Good job, itsfoss.com

As it turns out, having an account on a social media platform full of Nazis, violent racists, and child diddlers is not good for business.

Good for them. It's an organisation's free choice to pick the platforms they post and interact on, if any. Their presence is a service in itself while there are plenty of other ways to follow or reach them if needed.

The reasons (summarized using Copilot):

• The platform no longer aligns with Debian's values, social contract, code of conduct, and diversity statement.
• Concerns over X becoming a place where people they care about don't feel safe.
• Abuse on the platform happening without consequences.
• Issues with misinformation and lack of moderation.

I don't like how people are trying to stir up dissent and drama around this. The message posted is short and on point, it includes all the important bits. There really isn't much more to add.

Great news, Thank you Debian community!