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Re: Promotion of alternative social platforms policy

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Post by operator-name »

jrmg wrote: post #270
EastSmith wrote: post #244

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No, it will not get Carmack banned, because he is not promoting his FB account. He links to a news worthy post.

It is very clearly against the rules as written. They cover “…linking out (i.e. using URLs) to any of the below platforms on Twitter…”

> 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.

I think it would be classified as cross posting a newsworthy event.

Re: Promotion of alternative social platforms policy

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Post by grogenaut »

VLM wrote: post #125
LAC-Tech wrote: post #57

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I had to listen to the praise orgy for years, I'm sure it'll be a long hate orgy as well. It's just easier to notice when the orgy isn't too your fetish.

Re: Promotion of alternative social platforms policy

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Post by CatWChainsaw »

greenthrow wrote: post #155

Ok Elon "free speech absolutist" excusers; if you defend this one you've lost all credibility.

Implying it wasn't already a dry well?

Remember, he called one of the divers who rescued the Thai schoolboys "pedo guy" because the diver made a statement he didn't like. When the diver took him to court (I forget if it was libel or slander or defamation), Musk got away with it because "pedo guy" was clearly a nickname, not insinuating that this person commits atrocious crimes and we should all attack him.

Re: Promotion of alternative social platforms policy

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Post by omoikane »

legutierr wrote: post #131
afandian wrote: post #44

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

Nostr is perhaps the most interesting of the list. Fully decentralized; messages are cryptographically signed; users are identified by their private keys; following is done on the client side, with no stateful server-side component; messages broadcast via stateless relays. https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nostr https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr Overall design seems very simple. It feels a bit like email, in…

Nostr looks interesting, and its critique of programs similar to Mastodon[1] more or less matched my experience with Pluspora up until the point where it got shut down[2].

[1] https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nostr#the-problem-with-mas...

[2] https://www.reddit.com/r/plexodus/comments/sy7e67/pluspora_p...

Re: Promotion of alternative social platforms policy

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Post by RivieraKid »

echelon wrote: post #172
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.

I tried really hard to stay an Elon fan. SpaceX is a step function game changer, and Starlink was such a cool related market to break into. Now I have to go change my Twitter profiles that have been the same for ages... Has Musk never heard of the Streisand effect? I've always been bearish on TSLA. Now I think the narrative is changing. The market monopoly bull case never made sense. Every car company and nation will…

But why, hasn't it been obvious for years that he's a terrible person? I honestly can't believe that many smart people don't see through Elon's BS. It's as if people don't understand this personality type (machiavellian psychopath/sociopath/narcissist).

I find Elon repulsive but at the same time I'm still kind of a fan of SpaceX and to a lesser extent Tesla.

It's like with Woody Allen, most likely not a pretty bad person but I love his films.

Re: Promotion of alternative social platforms policy

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Post by jacquesm »

lapcat wrote: post #243
bko wrote: post #136

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> I don't remember posts about Putin, someone who's actually dangerous, getting such ridiculous replies Well, Putin never had a fan base on HN. There wasn't anyone arguing "Putin is actually the savior of humanity". There's no "I told you so" aspect to Putin.

Unfortunately, Putin does have a fanbase on HN.

Re: Promotion of alternative social platforms policy

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Post by fhd2 »

wfaler wrote: post #291
jlundberg wrote: post #239

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And not only speculation, he tweeted this in October 2022: ”Buying Twitter is an accelerant to creating X, the everything app”

Forgive me for being stupid, but why would any consumer want an "everything app"? It's not exactly a compelling need I've ever heard anyone express. Yes, multiple things can be combined, but if it works, probably just coincidence.

We already have "everything apps" - it's called a browser. I would indeed be missing that if we didn't already have it.

I can also imagine how people might find it convenient to have essentially browser, messaging and payment combined into a single thing (essentially WeChat) they can use instead of a variety of separate apps/accounts.

But I'm also sceptical anyone can make that happen in democratic capitalist countries without insane amounts of investment.

Re: Promotion of alternative social platforms policy

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Post by wasabi991011 »

echelon wrote: post #172
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.

I tried really hard to stay an Elon fan. SpaceX is a step function game changer, and Starlink was such a cool related market to break into. Now I have to go change my Twitter profiles that have been the same for ages... Has Musk never heard of the Streisand effect? I've always been bearish on TSLA. Now I think the narrative is changing. The market monopoly bull case never made sense. Every car company and nation will…

My question reading the linked article is: how will it be enforced, when millions of people like you have already linked other sites? Is there a time limit before banning (not specified), or will they delete tweets/reset profiles, or will they only check for new changes?

I don't know how much you are attached to your Twitter account, but I'd be curious to see what happens if you don't change your profile. I bet nothing for a long time, unless maybe someone specifically reports you.

Re: Promotion of alternative social platforms policy

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Post by ummonk »

ancapsfascists wrote: post #337

There's no defense of this policy. (It's his platform, he's free to do what he wants within the bounds of the law, of course, it's just a stupid policy and antithetical to free speech.)

He's not free to do what he wants if it violates antitrust law
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