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Re: Promotion of alternative social platforms policy

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Post by macNchz »

MonkeyMalarky wrote: post #27

Banning links to Facebook? Really? This flying by the seat of the pants moderation style reminds me of friends in highschool running their own phpBB instances and IRC channels.. Also, Telegram, Discord, Tumblr aren't listed? Lol.

I had the same thought recently, this reminds me of old-school forums where the single admin would just make ridiculous arbitrary rules based on specific random things that bothered them. “No more posts about doughnuts ever, after what pwnyb0y86 did last week”, “if you post a question that has been asked in the last 24 hours you get a 3 day ban” etc etc.

Re: Promotion of alternative social platforms policy

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Post by [deleted] »

es7 wrote: post #93

Thats got to be the worst possible decision for Twitter to possibly make. What good is a social media platform that prohibits links to other platforms? I use FB, Twitter, Insta, TikTok, LinkedIn, Discord, etc for a variety of purposes and find and share great content across platforms.

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Re: Promotion of alternative social platforms policy

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Post by spuz »

10729287 wrote: post #114
MonkeyMalarky wrote: post #27

Banning links to Facebook? Really? This flying by the seat of the pants moderation style reminds me of friends in highschool running their own phpBB instances and IRC channels.. Also, Telegram, Discord, Tumblr aren't listed? Lol.

Actually only links to profiles calling for follow. If I understand correctly.

It's not clear to me what will constitute promotion vs cross-linking. I'd avoid any links for now until Twitter's enforcement rules become clear.

Re: Promotion of alternative social platforms policy

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Post by richbell »

nonbirithm wrote: post #132
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.

Pure speculation, but maybe this was exactly what he wanted. He originally didn't want to buy Twitter after changing his mind, he was forced to. Maybe this is in a sense his retribution for what he perceived originally as the "botting problem" or whatever else he dislikes about Twitter, by burning the thing he was forced to take ownership of to the ground. Many people say social media is unhealthy. Is Elon trying to…

> Pure speculation, but maybe this was exactly what he wanted. He originally didn't want to buy Twitter after changing his mind, he was forced to. Maybe this is in a sense his retribution for what he perceived originally as the "botting problem" or whatever else he dislikes about Twitter, by burning the thing he was forced to take ownership of to the ground. Many people say social media is unhealthy. Is Elon trying to say with the capital he wields that everyone is better off without it? (Even though I think this is a terrible way of doing it, as it places his other companies as collateral.)

This is incredible amount of mental gymnastics to rationalize his behaviour. There is no "4D chess", he is demonstrably a petulant and vindictive bully. Read about how he treated his ex-wife, or employees and journalists who were even mildly critical of him.

Re: Promotion of alternative social platforms policy

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Post by kstrauser »

I used one of those web services to delete all of my old tweets, and my profile is empty now except for pointers to my Mastodon instance. I’m curious whether my account will be suspended per that policy.

Either way, I’m deleting my account at the end of the year. I loved Twitter years ago, but there’s nothing there for me anymore.

Re: Promotion of alternative social platforms policy

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Post by kevinmgranger »

bko wrote: post #136
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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It's because Musk is commonly defended, and borderline worshiped across most of HN. The downfall of twitter is the perfect opportunity for a wake-up call. And that's why this type of comment is more and more visible.
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