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Following Elon Musk's Nazi salute during Trump's inauguration, a number of large subreddits have banned links to X/Twitter in protest: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/elon-musk-reddit-ban-list-of-subreddits-blocking-x-links/ar-AA1xEG4b quote:Sports communities were some of the first to put the ban into place, with a Chicago Bears subreddit and a large F1 subreddit both proposing that no content from X.com be shared on their community pages. Other large subreddit communities not mentioned in that article include r/NFL, r/NBA, r/TwoXChromosomes, r/nursing, r/Nintendo, and r/military. Some are banning just links but allowing screenshots, while others are removing all Twitter content entirely.
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# ? Feb 15, 2025 07:45 |
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Honestly the only time I post a shitter link is when I'm phone posting because it embeds easily. That being said I'd support doing away with Twitter links given how much of an rear end in a top hat Musk is. If I can type out a quote:
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just to head off any relitigating of the twitter-on-sa discussion, here's a good summary by user Endorph about why sitebanning twitter or removing embeds is not a favorable solution (from the thread in the TECH subforum):"thread posted:I'll summarize.
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I image leech from twitter
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The Loin King posted:I image leech from twitter ![]()
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Since site owner isnt' gonna do poo poo, you can remove embeds yourself with uBlock. It does make a lot of threads borderline unreadable though. I just don't go on twitter and don't contribute to the problem by sharing tweets myself. Hopefully others will too and we can gradually solve this probkem that way. Bluesky has a lot of the same news content nowadays so you can use that if you want. No embeds so far, but just link or screenshot it.
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lol at throwing in that "no moral reason." Utterly sanctimonious. Cringe AF. Bad faith arguments galore in there, I won't even bother. But the real question is: How bad does it have to get before people put their foot down? In what direction, exactly, do you think Twitter (and it's owner) are trending? What do you think it (and he) will look like this time next year?
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The owner is a racist shithead who uses his power to sway conversations
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can we just replace all twitter embeds with goatse?
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I'm not interested in contributing to the visitor counter of a douchebag that behaves like a /pol/tard edgelord, so loss of readability from the ublock rules I already set is a small price to pay.WilWheaton posted:can we just replace all twitter embeds with goatse? Only if it is a mirror of the original. Goatse.cx is advertising Goatse coins right now.
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WilWheaton posted:can we just replace all twitter embeds with goatse? no apparently radium left that part of the codebase a mess I hate that bsstard
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AppleSeason posted:Goatse.cx is advertising Goatse coins right now. Lmao gently caress the world
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Embedding twitter links gives them information about who/where/how people are engaging with their content which they can then use to tailor advertising strategies and/or expand the information profiles. Avoiding giving them this information reduces the quality of the information they sell or use to make decisions, hurting their bottom line, albeit only slightly if we're talking about SA alone.
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AppleSeason posted:Goatse.cx is advertising Goatse coins right now. Buttcoins
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Dixville posted:Lmao gently caress the world ![]() I can confirm the existance of a Goatse buttcoin. The Goatman is not on that site anymore.
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Their new website does contain this banger of an image tho![]()
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Froghammer posted:Their new website does contain this banger of an image tho All hail the goatseye
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Froghammer posted:Their new website does contain this banger of an image tho The ring is a nice touch.
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Dixville posted:All hail the goatseye It's a fabulous piece of art that makes me shudder.
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severely tempted to make it my new av tbh
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sure okay posted:But the real question is: How bad does it have to get before people put their foot down? not picking on you but idk what to do with this question anymore
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Froghammer posted:Their new website does contain this banger of an image tho The hands are upside down. This is a goatse
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Froghammer posted:severely tempted to make it my new av tbh Are you going to flip it on it's side? The dimensions seem wrong.
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You Are A Werewolf posted:Buttcoins And I won't be surprised if they exist already.
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Sweaty IT Nerd posted:Are you going to flip it on it's side? The dimensions seem wrong.
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digitalist posted:Embedding twitter links gives them information about who/where/how people are engaging with their content which they can then use to tailor advertising strategies and/or expand the information profiles. Avoiding giving them this information reduces the quality of the information they sell or use to make decisions, hurting their bottom line, albeit only slightly if we're talking about SA alone. Too late, they found the goon market.
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Nobody is allowed to embed tweets in me
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Froghammer posted:you don't mess with perfection Goonspeed
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that hole size is extremely unsettling
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sure okay posted:that hole size is extremely unsettling The one in the pants or the new Goatse eye pupil?
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lol that reddit is more principled than SA on this issue. good job twitter addicts
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sure okay posted:that hole size is extremely unsettling Fat, meaty goon paws
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sure okay posted:lol at throwing in that "no moral reason." Utterly sanctimonious. Cringe AF. Yeah that all reeks of utter spinelessness. It's okay to minorly inconvenience yourself to not support and boost a nazi mouthpiece.
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sure okay posted:that hole size is extremely unsettling Most probably they are pants for furries worn backwards and the hole is for a plugable tail.
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PhazonLink posted:lol that reddit is more principled than SA on this issue. If anyone falls for this you owe me 20 pushups and 20 sit ups.
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i would say dont change the coding to retroactively gently caress any threads/posts (ie, it only impacts posts made past a certain date) but if something is done it needs to be both embeds/links as well as screenshots. otherwise all thats being done is removing a citation to something effectively and forcing people to take extra steps to see if something is legit or not etc. i actually do not think that censoring information sources is a good or smart idea regardless.
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Banning Twitter isn’t anything but performative hth
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Blue Raider posted:Banning Twitter isn’t anything but performative hth Yes. You can perform the action of disallowing content from known shitheads.
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I would say keep the embed code for past stuff and keep old threads readable, but not use Nazi site for any future posts. How many legit people are still there exclusively? Few. Most have gone over to Bluesky. We have better websites/sources for 95% of what we're going to post. Take another minute and find a better source.
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# ? Feb 15, 2025 07:45 |
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I'm proud to say I was banned like immediately.
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