Absolutely not true, if everyone collectively decided not to buy these companies’ stocks anymore the price would drop and they’d get into financing problems.

Where did you get that? I said I wouldn’t work for a Russian company or one that does business with Russia. I very much hope the Russian people will rise up and rid themselves of that rotten orc at the head of your state and then I’d gladly change my stance. Sadly, the Russian people seem dead set on proving that hope is in vain though.

Sure, but their products are destroying the planet

For me there are a few no gos:

• working for a weapons manufacturer
• working for a company that does business with saudi arabia, north korea, russia, and similar authoritarian states/dictatorships
• working for any FANG company (and obviously any company owned by elmo)
• working for car manufacturers
• I try to avoid buying products produced in the US, China, and Israel as much as possible
• I also try to avoid any company that hosts its stuff on AWS, but that’s quite challenging, if you even know in the first place

Or the US?

I think something like Twitter hinges on people/organisations being there that are popular for whatever reason. Many people engage with those people’s posts and react to each other. Since there aren’t many such people on Mastodon, there isn’t as much activity.