Our sister community, [email protected] has announced that they are banning all links to Twitter / X, including the alternate front-ends like Nitter, Xitter, etc, and after discussing with @[email protected] and @[email protected], we have decided to follow them.

So, from now on: All links to Twitter, X, or any alternative version such as Nitter, Xitter, etc. are no longer allowed. The only exception will be screenshots in the event that the news cannot be sourced elsewhere.

Please report posts containing these links so that mods can remove them.

As for the reason, I am going to steal words of @[email protected] :

The long-term reason is that the platform as a whole is becoming more and more (arguably already is) a safe haven for fascism, racism, xenophobia, anti-lgbtqia+, etc.

The acute reason is Elon giving Nazi salutes at the inauguration being the final straw. This community will not support Nazism or fascism in any way whatsoever.

Previously we showed a preference for links to Nitter or Xitter but it wasn’t a rule. Now we reject the platform in all of its incarnations and in any way that provides traffic and or reliance upon it.

Thank you for your support.

  • .Donuts@lemmy.worldEnglish
    531·
    19 hours ago

    Time to pressure Nintendo in giving up X as an outlet, too.

    Last year they already discontinued being able to post to X from your Switch (as the new API cost was basically astronomical compared to before), so maybe they need another nudge in the right direction.

    • Bobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachtsEnglish
      3·
      10 hours ago

      Nintendo is a Japanese company, I wouldn’t get your hopes up over them giving a rat’s ass about American politics

    • stardustEnglish
      20·
      17 hours ago

      Most effective would probably be spread of memes of Musk and Nazism being spread making the site so strongly associated with Nazi imagery that companies become afraid of their brand being associated with Nazi support. Brands being tarnished due to strong association is the only type of stuff companies tend to respond to.

  • frank@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    322·
    19 hours ago

    Hell yeah! Thanks everyone at both this and the sister community for standing up for what’s right. It’s nice to be proud of what I browse instead of ashamed

  • stardustEnglish
    142·
    17 hours ago

    Excellent. It’s nice to see active moves to reduce direct visits to Twitter that are often the result of submissions providing links there.