Hundreds of Subreddits Are Considering Banning All Links to X
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Dozens of big subreddits have already banned all Twitter links, and posts about potential bans are some of the most popular on the site.
  • ilinamorato@lemmy.world
    231·
    16 hours ago

    formerly* is the word you’re thinking of.

    This is great news. But I have absolutely no faith that Spez won’t revert such a change, given his well-publicized love for M*sk.

    • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubEnglish
      6·
      16 hours ago

      I don’t see why Spez wouldn’t like it. His mods are banning linking to a different social media website and he can claim plausible deniability.

      • ilinamorato@lemmy.world
        2·
        3 hours ago

        Because he thinks Elon is the smartest smart boy ever. The whole reason Lemmy got its big boost a couple years ago is that Elon banned third party apps and Spez thought that sounded like a good idea.

        • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubEnglish
          1·
          52 minutes ago

          That’s different. Spez banned third party apps because he thought there was significant revenue loss from having users use third party apps. What money is he losing if his subs don’t link to X?

    • palordrolap@fedia.io
      6·
      16 hours ago

      Frankly, I’m surprised that there are mods who dare to show any sort of defiance at all. I thought all the defiant ones left or decided they were OK with ring-kissing deference to Spez.

      Have some of them grown backbones in the meantime?