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Why Are 300K+ European Journalists Now Leaving X Platform?

My Independent Thoughts on a Social Media Platform Full of Potential Yet Raising Valid Concerns for Thought Leaders and Practitioners Globally

Dr Mehmet Yildiz
8 min readDec 15, 2024

Importance of the Story: Despite initially publishing this story on my website, I am pleased that Google indexed the Medium version in less than 8 hours, a remarkable achievement for global content distribution. It is a valuable information source for inspiring global unity. Thanks to high domain authority, Medium content always gets higher priority than other platforms on Google.

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I have been using Twitter since its beginning. I experienced its ups and downs. My first account was accidentally suspended in 2020. I was disappointed, but I decided to create a new one and joined X Premium because the platform looked serendipitous and good for getting news quickly. It is faster than any other source.

Last year, I was having dinner with my neighbors when we heard an unexpected noise. The kids immediately checked their phones and said that, according to X, an earthquake had just occurred.

Within moments, thousands of people were tweeting about it. News spreads instantly on the platform, and in some cases, serious incidents are reported before…

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Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Dr Mehmet Yildiz

Written by Dr Mehmet Yildiz

Scientist, Technologist, Inventor, focusing on HEALTH and JOY. Founder of ILLUMINATION, curating key messages for society. Connection: https://digitalmehmet.com

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