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A lot of subreddits are banning/proposing to ban X links in response to Führer Elon's wonderful gesture of love and tolerance. Should this instance follow suit?

Also, Instagram/Threads/Meta links. Same question.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

No. Banning any kind of link is bad. People should decide themself if they want to follow a link. Extensions like the firefox extension redirector even allow to redirect to archive websites directly, to preserve sources of knowledge while avoiding the mainstream platform of the link.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

There are still some anti empire posts on X.

Does Musk want us to brigade his threads? I guess if it sells more Tide then probably, but I've never seen an ad on X.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Yes.

Add youtube and, facebook to that list

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I never click them anyway. If the meme isn't wild enough to get pixelated into a shitpost gif then I don't need to see it. Not once in my lifetime have I ever clicked a Twitter/Facebook/Instagram link and thought that the click was worth it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Yes. Mostly because it's difficult to view the full content without logging in, and I refuse to do that on principle. Screenshots and mirrors are fine, I just don't think we should be generating traffic to that site.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yes. Not only from Twitter, though. Spotify gave money to Trump's inauguration. So did Google, and Amazon.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I responded yes in the other thread.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'm glad to hear

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago

Yes please! I'd rather that platform be banned widely

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'd support it. If something is worthy of drawing attention to, it's worth taking a screenshot and sharing that - preferably with a backup to Wayback Machine.

There's no need to drive traffic to or engagement with X imo, even if it's relatively minimal.

Same for Meta products really, though idk if Instagram has some defense against screenshots (I know there's other photo-focused services that do, I'm just not on Instagram very often/recently at all so idk).

Edit: You know, given the existence of xcancel and similar services, I want to walk this back a little. People are in here making good points - screenshots can be doctored, and having access to a trusted mirrored/archived source is better for verification purposes while still accomplishing what I'd like to see. If it's technically possible to do, some automatic means of doing that would be cool, but even that's a bit iffy. Maybe something like that Pipedbot thing could work, even if people kinda hate those bots. Best choice is just posting mirrored/archive links from the get go.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

Yes please! We're here to get away from centralised content.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Dooooo itttt!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Yes, Musk's Nazi propaganda machine must reach as few people as possible. The guy is dangerous to the world. Twitter is a propaganda and misinformation tool now, it is no longer a place for social interactions.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 months ago

FFS i come here to lemmy to escape this censorship delirium. If you are just going to be "reddit at home" might as well have actual reddit

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Yes. I think it's ok if people use screenshots of old Twitter memes because most of them have floated around forever, but block all links.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago

Yes. Just do it. We’re in consensus.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

TL;DR: Censorship and content manipulation are real problems, as shown with Instagram’s hashtag blocking and how platforms like Twitter (now X) are used to amplify harmful ideologies. It’s a growing concern how these platforms are becoming vehicles for dangerous misinformation, hate speech, and even political manipulation—all while being run by billionaires with their own agendas.

Yes, and I'll explain why (content warning: US politics but the truth about the billionaire-controlled racist media is political)

With the three richest men on EARTH, "Zuckerberg, Bezos and Musk seated in front of cabinet picks" (Guardian) at the inauguration, it's clear who's really in control. We must stay vigilant and communicate on decentralized, open-source, or encrypted channels. Use lemmy, mastodon, and bluesky for public communication and Signal for private communication. Edit Wikipedia. Donate if you can. Be aware who controls what media, and don't encourage them or feed into it: Twitter (Musk), Facebook (Zuck), Instagram (Zuck), the Washington Post (Bezos).

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/21/instagram-democrat-hashtags-blocked-search

Several Instagram users have reported seeing hashtags such as "#democrat," "republicans," "#jan6th" and "#johnoliver" being blocked, accompanied by a message stating, "We've hidden these results." For example, if a user searches "jan6th," a popup states that the results had been hidden as they "may contain sensitive content." A "learn more" link takes a user to Instagram's generic sensitive content help page. Between the lines: Trump, who had once threatened Zuckerberg with life in prison, took credit earlier this month for the changes in Facebook's content moderation rules. "Probably," Trump said when asked if Zuckerberg is "directly responding to the threats you've made to him in the past."

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/04/media/washington-post-cartoonist-ann-telnaes-resigns-bezos/index.html

Talnaes, who had been with The Post since 2008, wrote in a Substack post announcing her resignation that, “I have had editorial feedback and productive conversations—and some differences—about cartoons I have submitted for publication, but in all that time I’ve never had a cartoon killed because of who or what I chose to aim my pen at. Until now.” The cartoon depicted Bezos, Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg and OpenAI chief Sam Altman on their knees, handing over bags of cash to a statue of Trump next to a lipstick-holding Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong and bowing Mickey Mouse.

You know as well as I do what this means and why we use lemmy


"Lemmy is free, open-source software, meaning no advertising, monetizing, or venture capital, ever. "

Given that "Elon Musk agrees with antisemitic X post that claims Jews ‘push hatred’ against White people" (CNN) and trying to censor Wikipedia over his Nazi Salute (SCMP), it's clear that the White South African is turning his personal Xwitter shitter into a tool for the billionaire class


and for unbridled racism. Under Musk, the word "cisgender" is treated as a slur, but not actual racial slurs (AP)

I'm sad to say this is no longer a "conspiracy theory" but verifiable facts about how our world works in 2025.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

what the actual fuck

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