X/Twitter links are now banned in this sub
Hi folks,
Hopefully you are staying warm or enjoying the rare snow.
Yesterday across Reddit users asked for subs to block linking to X/Twitter after Elon's right handed salute. Our sub was no different and the thread had over a thousand comments. We have listened to your concerns on this topic, and so today we are removing all links to X/Twitter. If something is still important to share you may do so as a screenshot of the post with accompanying text describing the image.
The latest controversy was not the only factor in this decision. In recent years X/Twitter has become more hostile, less user friendly and less moderated. They have also reinstated accounts involved with posting CSAM. Obviously we cannot allow that to be posted here.
At the same time, users here rarely post links to X/Twitter, 6 times in the last year, and due to changes in how X/Twitter works, without an account you won't be able to see what was posted, we feel that you won't miss much anyways.
Lastly, what was posted in the previous thread on this topic is not ok. Hurling insults at other people goes against rule 2 and we have taken action where appropriate. If someone is harassing you on here use the report feature instead of engaging. It is also not ok to harass the mods and call use Nazis for taking action/not taking action fast enough for you. Go read a book.
TLDR
- Users asked us to look into this
- X/Twitter links are now blocked, use images instead with text
- X/Twitter is unmoderated and allows for dangerous/illegal/low value content
- Usage was low already so there is little to no impact on users here
- Respect others, even when you disagree with them.