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Re: Promotion of alternative social platforms policy

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Post by KarlKemp »

est31 wrote: post #108

When MS bought github many people moved to gitlab and started to advertise their gitlab IDs. I too put my gitlab in there. But ultimately, gitlab didn't catch on on a permanent basis: most devs still are on github, thanks to network effects. People removed their gitlab mentions. I feel the same with the "find me on mastodon" twitter bios: people will realize that only 50 of their thousands of followers can be found o…

The obvious difference is that Github didn’t immediately start spiraling the drain in the most pathetic manner possible.

Re: Promotion of alternative social platforms policy

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Post by arrrg »

sva_ wrote: post #80

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…

Network effects are devilish even without ethically just plain evil intervention from the benefactor of those network effects.

This is just ethically abhorrent behavior. No good governance.

Re: Promotion of alternative social platforms policy

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Post by nailer »

choult wrote: post #19

"Thin-skinned narcissist buys criticism machine." This is not "free speech absolutism" in the slightest. It's not even business-savvy. Elon's mask has truly cracked, and he proves he is nothing but a febrile mind who has bought into his own hype.

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Re: Promotion of alternative social platforms policy

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Post by amrocha »

sva_ wrote: post #80

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…

You're not allowed to link to any other social media. You can cross post, but you can't mention that it's a cross post, or link to where it's cross posted. There is no excusing this.
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