I am seeking crowdsourced wisdom.

Suppose I[1] want to influence public opinion on a complicated, nuanced topic.[2]

And further suppose that one of the ways I want to do that is by participating actively in public discourse: posting short-form content, reacting to other people's short-form content, signal boosting good takes, thoughtfully rebutting bad takes, etc.

Even further suppose that the people I most want to reach are those who make and influence policy in the most technologically advanced countries in the world, the general voting public (because they vote for legislators), and the intelligentsia in fields related to my topic (because some of them advise policymakers).

On what platform(s)/in what outlet(s) should I be doing this in 2024?

And more specifically, does Twitter/X still matter, and how much? I am aware that many people have moved to mastodon or bluesky or whatever. Is there critical mass anywhere?

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