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Don't use the only platforms that have millions of people on them to organize millions of people in the future?

Yeah. Stuff still gets done without Meta in the loop. They’re not a dependency for democracy.

Also curious where the “millions” estimate for No Kings events today comes from.

There were plenty of other outlets for communicating about the rallies -- there was no dependency, and thus there is no logical reason to stop using Facebook.

The estimate has been reported by major news outlets (e.g., https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/...) and comes from a variety of evidence. If you're actually curious then you can research it.

Don’t use JUST platforms like that. Use Instagram, but also have a dedicated website

Quite a few political channels I follow take the time every video to mention this very thing happening and urging you to sign up for an ol' fashioned mailing list for that reason. One or two might plug the mailing list instead of urging to subscribe to the channel itself.

Logic failure. There is no reason to use fewer channels.

Come on. You’re not going to organize a political movement over RSS in 2026.

I like that RSS was the best alternative you could think of.