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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.

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