Discussion of a Twitter Ban
Hey, I'm finally getting to use the "MOD Announcement" flair, sadly, it's not for a fun reason.
Given Musk’s actions on Monday, it may be time to rethink how we engage with the Twitter/X platform. Beyond Musk giving two Nazi salutes, he has repeatedly amplified harmful rhetoric and interacted with accounts promoting Nazi ideology, raising serious questions about Twitter’s role in spreading hate and extremism. Continuing to share links to Twitter content risks contributing to the visibility of a platform that has become increasingly hostile to basic principles of decency and respect. Other subreddits are already inacting policies to limit engagement with Twitter, and it may be worth joining this broader effort.
I've presented the idea of this to the other mods and Kelson's immediate response was essentially, "Ask the community" which I appreciate because that's what we're about here, community. While we haven't discussed how we'd handle it, some community's have used this type of structure (this one was borrowed from another AEW subreddit):
- Direct links to Twitter/X as top level submissions are not allowed. Any submissions containing direct links are automatically removed with a helpful message.
- Any submissions from Twitter must be in the form of a screenshot. You may include a link to the content in the comments section for verification.
- This rule is not set in stone and may change. If we start having trouble with fake screenshots and the like, we'll have to pull back and reassess.
- Be decent to each other
Would you be in favor of this? Other suggestions? What say you fanhub?