I’m not sure if this is the best place for this post, I’m just curious to see what everybody else thinks.

It seems like a lot of communities (outside lemmy) have had enough and are banning twitter links after Elons recent Nazi salute.

  • @breadsmasher
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    491 month ago

    Direct xitter links? Yes. Ban them. They bring no value a a screenshot couldn’t provide.

    • @[email protected]
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      141 month ago

      Screenshots can, have been, and will be doctored. Sometimes you read somrthing so insane, you gotta check the source. Except finding anything on that shithole of a site is painful, especially if you don’t have an account, quadruply so on mobile.

      Both would be a nice compromise.

      • @[email protected]
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        161 month ago

        Anything worth any value on Twitter will be reported on by another source. Link to those if you want corroborating evidence. The point is to not give the Nazis the traffic at all.

        • @errer
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          31 month ago

          Yeah anything posted to Twitter should be taken with a massive grain of salt anyway, so it doesn’t really matter if it’s a screenshot or a direct link, it should only be considered a hint of something maybe true but never as proof.

  • Lenny
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    351 month ago

    Yes. Fuck giving them traffic, and you have to log in to view parts of it anyway - screenshots are better if truly needed.

  • @Lost_My_Mind
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    241 month ago

    The playstation community just did.

    And nothing of value was lost.

  • @Eldritch
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    151 month ago

    Why not just post screenshots? Not give anyone reason to accidentally give them traffic. People can still see what you wanted, win win

  • @[email protected]
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    121 month ago

    Yes. Twitter has nothing of value left to offer the world. Anyone who’s still on that platform is either not paying attention or supports neo Nazis.

  • ctx
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    111 month ago

    Yes, ban direct links to twitter.

  • @[email protected]
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    111 month ago

    blahaj local here, I believe that there is little to be gained from allowing continued linking to these walled gardens (especially since accessing anything on Twitter without an account is more of a hassle than it’s worth.) I think it would be good to cut off the Twitter links, possibly with the rare exception for archive pages deemed able to promote discussion well enough to be worth compromise?

  • Davel23
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    101 month ago

    I’m not a .world local if that matters, but yes.

  • @BlameTheAntifa
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    81 month ago

    Twitter no longer exists.

    But X links should, indeed, be banned.