It's news to me that that users are not allowed to mention other social networks' accounts on Twitter anymore. Seems short sighted, how many users is Twitter losing to Instagram/Discord/Mastodon?
There were a couple of other duplicate discussions, but that's the main one.
I would classify that as ‘generic moderation policy’ rather than censorship
Fortuitously preserving LibsOfTikTok and Elon's good relationship with the CCP
>we will remove any free promotion of prohibited 3rd-party social media platforms
>Accounts that are used for the main purpose of promoting content on another social platform may be suspended
Free speech is defined as the intersection between anything-thats-legal and anything-that-doesn't-upset-its-owner.
If you think that this is a farce, that's because we are living in one. I suppose it is possible that he is trolling us with his moderation policies...
It's true that this generates relatively low-quality commentary, but it's not clear to me how a discussion of the behaviour of a man who says one thing, and does another can do otherwise.
Isn't that a mischaracterization though? The new policy they announced, as far as I've seen, only applies if the account is "solely" promoting other brands. [0]
> Specifically, we will remove accounts created solely for the purpose of promoting other social platforms and content that contains links or usernames for the following platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr and Post.
[0]: https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport/status/160453126541959168...
EDIT:
The tweet linked seems to be the mischaracterization and not this take.
Reading the full policy[1] does say that, while their tweets don't.
[1]: https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/social-platfo...
I don't see PG reacting to that news on twitter. Is there a reaction anywhere?
I saw that and assumed (maybe wrongly) that it was an automated ban from some internal automod-like system running amuck and due to the layoffs/quits/staff issues no body at Twitter knowing how to disable it.
Guess the jury is still out, but does anybody know if that same error is showing up for facebook links for example? If so it's a smoking gun.