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Each of these announcements shifts the window of discourse[1]. Not too long ago, the idea that a major news organization would leave Twitter was almost unthinkable. Now its just one of many departures and even more are on the fence.

It's also a great opportunity for networks like Mastodon to pick up steam and mindshare.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window

Since only about 25% of the US population pays any attention to Twitter, I think that you're correct -- the average person won't notice NPR's tweets are missing.

Maybe, but like it didn't hurt Fox https://www.thewrap.com/fox-news-breaks-16-month-twitter-sil...

this is true for any account, especially since algorithmic sorting was introduced and then amplified with the introduction of 'For You'.