Threats... (Patreon)

EDIT: Thank you so much for all your thoughtful comments in response to this post, it was truly heartwarming to read them this morning! I just wanted to add that as well as Bluesky, we're also on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@thejuicemedia Some of you kindly pointed out that this is an even better option, so I wanted to let you know that you can also find us on there! G.Dear PatronsWe've had a great response to our latest Honest Government Ad about the Calition's nuclear "plan"; which has had 350,000 views in just the first day across our pages.Unfortunately, some people really don't like what we do and have seen fit to start inciting people to dox us - as you can see from the screengrab here.As a parent of a young family, I take these threats seriously. I also am concerned for our actors. But reporting these posts (which I have done) does little, as X is now virtually unmoderated. The harassment we've been receiving lately on X also includes a concerted campaign claiming that we're being funded by Putin/Russia, which is not only false - we are 100% independent and supported by our Patrons - but also idiotic, as we criticise Russia in our videos regularly (as recently as November, in our HGA about Myanmar, in our HGA about Democracy, and others before that)Meanwhile another mob on X is trying to paint us as cheerleaders for American imperialism - our video about Myanmar for example was attacked for being unfairly anti-Russia! (There's just no pleasing X users is there)And when you add to this the fact that so many X users are either bots or humans seemingly unconcerned about data and evidence, it's hard not to feel that Twitter/X has become a cesspool of idiocy, disinformation and harassment. Which is why I'm posting to let you know a few things:1) We're on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thejuicemedia.bsky.social

I don't post often, but when I do it reminds me of Twitter in the old days, and most of the people we respect are there too. 2) I won't be deleting our Twitter yet, as that would be ceding ground to the arseholes; and our videos there still reach hundreds of thousands of people. But I have not been posting or engaging there much for the past few months. And if the threats intensify, I may decide to close that account. 3) the best place to engage with me/us is right here on Patreon - where I love engaging with you and do my best to respond to all your messages/DMs (even if sometimes a bit belatedly). So even if you don't follow us on any other platform, that's ok: we're here!

4) These threats and harassment are very unsettling, but they're not going to stop us from continuing our work. Nor should they detract from the fact that our HGA about Nuclear is receiving an overwhelmingly positive response.(I think this is partly due to the fact that we strategically approached the topic from a policy / cost / energy / engineering perspective - rather than a safety and waste management angle - which of course are also very important angles, but ones that would have been less likely to be shared widely in communities sympathetic to nuclear power generally. And judging by the views and comments, this approach is working well)Thank you for having our backs here on Patreon. With all the craziness that's going on in the world right now, this feels like home and a friendly corner of the internet. Which we dearly cherish.Stay safe!Giordano & family