Danielle Muscato (she/her)

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@AgainChloe @Facebook I used to have a secret group where my friends helped me report harassing content, but we gave it up. Reporting only works if they enforce it. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

So, expect to see more of me here and on my Patreon and YouTube. I've got a bunch of ideas I'm working on for audio and video and writing, I'm just so busy with community organizing. I've got court this week too. Thank you for your support everyone. I appreciate all of you 💘✊ — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

I'm hard pressed to think of something more toxic that's totally voluntary like @Facebook. It's almost like an abusive relationship where you want to leave forever, and know you will someday... but you keep coming back, because you miss the good parts, and you're not ready yet. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

It creates filter bubbles and polarizes people politically - @elipariser https://t.co/OJLFzfwoHf — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

Study after study shows that the more time we spend on there, the more depressed we get. https://t.co/LpuplkWUig — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

I know that we all have gotten so used to it, but @Facebook is legit a terrible force in the world. It's run by a cis straight white Republican donor billionaire who meets privately with Trump. Why do we use this app anymore? Seriously. We have boycotted other companies for less. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

I want to say more actually. I learned a lot of other things in the past 2 months without Facebook too I've been working w/church ladies in kitchens a lot. They've been doing this shit since the Black Panther days of Free Breakfast for School Children. They don't need Facebook. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

Activism is what I do full time and the reason I'm able to be on the ground right now every day is because of support from YOU. My average pledge is just $5/mo, but any amount is great. As an activist, as a #trans woman during #PrideMonth thank you ❤️ https://t.co/7uz1EUez7g — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

Activism is what I do full time and the reason I'm able to be on the ground right now every day is because of support from YOU. My average pledge is just $5/mo, but any amount is great. This is where I'm be posting my content going forward. https://t.co/7uz1EUez7g — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

I usually live stream on @Facebook or here, but please subscribe to my @YouTube channel because soon I will be doing all my video here: https://t.co/KO3egwLiOH — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

I already stopped using my blue-check verified Page a couple of years ago, because of nonstop harassment from #TERFs. I already use @signalapp for secure messaging. I think it's time for me to transition to other platforms. Specifically @Patreon, @YouTube, and my Twitter. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

What I learned is that @Facebook will delete your account indefinitely without warning & without good reason, AGREE with you their reasoning is flawed, & STILL take take 2 months to switch it back on… IF you know people on the inside. I can't depend on FB. So I can't use it. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

Meanwhile, on my @Facebook profile picture, there's a THREE HUNDRED COMMENT LONG THREAD of my friends standing up for me against anti-trans people attacking me for not passing as well as they think I should. But you can't report comments on photos, so Facebook won't do anything. https://t.co/OdIrBCESzd — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

Here's exactly what I posted that got my account deleted (it was cropped above). I posted it without a caption. I was told it would be better if I had made it clear I was not promoting Nazis in my post. Is this really where we are? I need a disclaimer to say I'm not pro-Nazi? https://t.co/ZtRAHrXUdp — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

But it's so much more than that. @Facebook is such a terrible company in every way that matters. All we really know about what they do with our data is make tons of money from it. Look at this! They ADVERTISED deleting billions of fake accounts!! 😮 https://t.co/NuHAp7f6v0 — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

It's really not a mystery. #Trans people get harassed nonstop on @Facebook as any #transgender person will tell you, and FB's reporting system is useless. Worse than useless, in fact often the victim of cyber harassment gets their profile locked instead of the harasser. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@Facebook is going the way of Myspace, except instead of becoming really only useful for comedians and musicians, it's really only useful for racists and TERFs. That's actually why they brought me in to consult - they wanted to know why #trans people hate their site so much. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

Not being able to live stream, or even tell people "hey, I didn't block you, go follow me on Twitter and Patreon instead" was devastating to my ability to do my job during this time. In the last 2 months, I learned a lot about doing the work WITHOUT @Facebook. It can be done. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

I've been a full-time activist for 8 years. I can't think of any 2-month period that I needed Facebook more than the last 2 months. We've been working on setting up a network of restaurants to feed unhoused people since #covid started, now expanded to the protest camps. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

The ONLY language they speak is money. Unless there's enough negative PR pressure to affect their stock price for a longer length of time than it would take to draw up & implement new policy before the news cycle moves on to something else, they don't care. That's the measure. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

This intentional disregard of reality is, in itself, propagandizing. @Facebook knows damn well that Trump supporters overtly glorify Nazis. It's my opinion that Facebook engineers and staff I've worked with get it, they do care & understand. But the higher-up.... — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

I happen to have done consulting work for @Facebook about #trans & #LGBTQ issues relating to harassment, so I have contacts there. Because I have a blue-check verified Page & know people, I was able to get my profile back. But I don't want to use FB anymore, & I'll tell you why. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

Thread: 2 months ago @Facebook deleted (not disabled) my 15yo profile. 14k followers, 15y of pics, convos, posts & memories gone. Why? Bc I made an "implicit comparison" between @realDonaldTrump supporters & Nazis. I can't help but notice I'm not the only 1 to draw the parallel https://t.co/nulYq8qdhQ — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

RT @AzieDee: You mean the Mount Rushmore that’s on unceded Lakota territory that still belongs to them by US Treaty as held up by Supreme C… — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

RT @eugenegu: The President of the United States can routinely call the coronavirus the Kung Flu because Asian Americans have very little p… — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

RT @michaelharriot: The police report said George Floyd died at the hospital. Cops broke down Breonna Taylor’s door, shot her EIGHT TIMES… — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

RT @KevinMKruse: First, you should try to count the statues of the Prophet Muhammad and see how many you get. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

RT @chasestrangio: I just voted and in the elementary school there were women’s history month projects from students and they included Nanc… — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

RT @Booker4KY: It’s time. Let’s bring it home. From the Hood to the Holler. It’s time for the PEOPLE to win. Good morning. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

RT @louisvillemayor: If you haven't voted yet, please head to @kyexpocenter before 6 to cast your ballot. We're hoping everyone will take t… — PolitiTweet.org