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More than 50 Reddit communities ban X links to protest Musk (www.nbcnews.com)
submitted 4 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works 23 points 3 months ago (9 children)

A more fractured internet is coming. Posting sources will be forbidden. Discourse will become more polarized, disconnected, and extreme.

Most of these Reddit bans on Twitter are also half assed. They still allow screenshots of Twitter posts. That means the content is still spread, and Twitter remains relevant.

Lots of these subreddits don’t even get a lot of Twitter links in the first place. Like for lotrmemes it makes zero difference.

That said, Musk and Twitter suck. I have deleted my Twitter account three years ago.

However there still is some information, where Twitter is a good source.

[–] menemen@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (3 children)

If we like it or not, twitter is still the most important social network for journalisst and thinktankers.

[–] shortrounddev@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Twitter has always been the red headed step child of social media. It had outsized cultural importance because most people consumed it via screenshot, not actually browsing the site. The reach of an individual twitter user is greatly augmented by their reach on other social platforms via screenshot

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[–] airportline@lemmy.ml 59 points 3 months ago (8 children)

Lemmy instances should follow suit.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago

Disagree, but I also almost never follow them anyway. I pretty much only follow a link if I think it's to a first party article or something.

[–] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 26 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Dbzer0 took a vote and will block it from their instance I believe

[–] airportline@lemmy.ml 15 points 3 months ago

I just added it as a rule for the communities I moderate. I also set my Bluesky feeds to filter out X links.

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[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 19 points 3 months ago

In before reddit forces those subs to allow links to twitter.

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

And so begins the stun lock. Genius move actually with adversaries so predictable

[–] ATDA@lemmy.world 49 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Meta, Twitter, now tiktok. BLATANTLY obvious coordination to propagandize social media.

Fuck then all, damn then to hell, scourge of modern society.

[–] Eezyville@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I used to spend time on Facebook catching up with friends and family. That was way back in like 2010. I can't stand that platform now. It's all AI trash and random reels. I don't even know why I'm getting some of these reels but I suspect they are sharing data with other platforms like YT. I miss the internet of the 2000s...

[–] ATDA@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They all share data or buy it. Talk about some random shit near your phone they know. I do it for giggles now. Not sure what works as a trigger it but I've made my own advertising for workout equipment, dj tables, etc without searching any of it.

[–] Eezyville@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

Oh yeah. I get that too. I'm sitting here talking about the most random shit with my cousins and bam! Facebook got an ad for that.

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 61 points 3 months ago

Don't do it as a "protest." Do it as the new norm. Xitter has no worth and should be relegated to the porta-potty of time.

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