Promotion of alternative social platforms policy • Hacker News Board

Re: Promotion of alternative social platforms policy

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Post by toomuchtodo » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 6:05 PM UTC

troydavis wrote: post #49

(from another thread) Any attorneys want to weigh in on whether - or when - this becomes an anti-competitive/anti-trust concern, either in the US (FTC) or the EU? Related reading: * Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) Article 102, on abusive conduct by companies that have a dominant position in a market: https://competition-policy.ec.europa.eu/antitrust/procedures... . Any EU resident can file a co…

I have already filed an FTC anti competitive complaint using a Wayback link of the post over coffee this morning. I encourage others to do the same. You don’t need deep pockets, let the executive branch do the work for you. That’s their job. Takes ~5 min.

https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/

If you’re in Europe:

https://competition-policy.ec.europa.eu/antitrust/procedures...

Re: Promotion of alternative social platforms policy

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Post by andrew_ » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 6:05 PM UTC

troydavis wrote: post #49

(from another thread) Any attorneys want to weigh in on whether - or when - this becomes an anti-competitive/anti-trust concern, either in the US (FTC) or the EU? Related reading: * Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) Article 102, on abusive conduct by companies that have a dominant position in a market: https://competition-policy.ec.europa.eu/antitrust/procedures... . Any EU resident can file a co…

Interesting thought. Also curious on consequences.

Re: Promotion of alternative social platforms policy

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Post by _Algernon_ » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 6:05 PM UTC

Elon decided comedy is legal, and turned himself into a clown.

What a shit show.

Re: Promotion of alternative social platforms policy

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Post by hobbitstan » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 6:05 PM UTC

Interesting that Gettr, Parler and Gab aren't included in the ban list.

The linktr.ee ban isn't a great idea, many artists use it to promote themselves on various non-SM platforms.

Re: Promotion of alternative social platforms policy

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Post by Klinky » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 6:06 PM UTC

Why would anyone believe it was ever about "free speech". You would need to be pretty oblivious to buy that line of reasoning. He will moderate & censor those voices he disagrees with, as he sees fit. It'd just make him less of a hypocrite if he dropped the whole "free speech" charade.

Re: Promotion of alternative social platforms policy

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Post by yashg » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 6:06 PM UTC

Now that Elon himself is promoting Mastodon, I have to check it out. Streisand effect.

Re: Promotion of alternative social platforms policy

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Post by synu » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 6:06 PM UTC

zetazzed wrote: post #65

afandian wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I mean, what a great way to find out about alternatives. I'd never heard of "Post" and "Nostr".

Post ( https://post.news ) is probably the closest to a well funded Twitter clone that I’ve seen. Very similar UX. Supposed to have more emphasis on publishers but that’s not very apparent yet in my feed there. Right now I use sigmoid.social for tech stuff and Post for mainstream chatter.

I’m excited to check it out, signed up for the waiting list today.

Re: Promotion of alternative social platforms policy

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Post by drumhead » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 6:06 PM UTC

"Free Speech absolutist" has turned very rapidly into a scattergun censorship approach to everything he doesnt like.

Re: Promotion of alternative social platforms policy

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Post by jarbus » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 6:06 PM UTC

Released right at the end of the world cup, conveniently enough

Re: Promotion of alternative social platforms policy

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Post by sva_ » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 6:06 PM UTC

People here can't even read a few paragraphs on a link posted?

> We recognize that certain social media platforms provide alternative experiences to Twitter, and allow users to post content to Twitter from these platforms. In general, any type of cross-posting to our platform is not in violation of this policy, even from the prohibited sites listed above.

This is just about people who basically stop using Twitter and post a link to follow their profile on a different social media site instead, not about posting links in general.