> https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport/status/160453126849379532...
> We still allow cross-posting content from any social media platform. Posting links or usernames to social media platforms not listed above are also not in violation of this policy.
All of these changes are coming directly from Elon, impulsively.
Another core tenet is to remove components and try things until something breaks, and then add those components back once they've been proven to be necessary.
This is fine for a startup, but it's quite disruptive for a mature platform with 450m users.
I find it strange they explicitly mention this, though. As if they might decide only completely original media is allowed on Twitter.
Pretty sure that is precisely where things are headed. A viable alternative can’t come soon enough.
[*] To us, but apparently not to them, so let's see where this train is headed next.
All this is going to do is drive creators to mastodon...which means at least for the popular ones, they'll end up gladly giving mastodon a lot of extra visibility.
Which is why they specifically mentioned that this is allowed, since it was something that was top of the mind of whoever made the decision.