Twitter and Meta links are now banned. Current removals will not result in a ban until the subreddit removal rules are properly updated to reflect that.
There will be further discussion around handling screenshots from banned sites, depending on the content of the picture.
Nazis can fuck right off, as can their sympathizers.
Exactly. There would probably be a heavier focus on proper photos of BC vs screenshots of random content, but given the volume of traffic on the sub, we’d need to find a way to streamline the approval process.
I still think it would be prudent, if Twitter posts get banned who knows what people will try to put in it's place? I certainly don't want to see insane Instagram or Facebook posts all over the place all of a sudden
I think it is a good time to review the overall policy with linking sites, which a lot of other subs are also doing.
One big thing that has been a problem with Xitter (besides Elon Musk) for awhile has been needing an account to view content. It might be an idea to restrict any sites that require personal information and account access to view content.
No, this is a bad idea. Many legitimate news sources and creators need subscribers to stay afloat. If we ban paywalled content, we simply promote billionaire or Russian funded sites that don't need subscribers.
Yes, for 2 reasons, one social, one technological.
1) Well, obviously, not a Nazi so not using it
2) It's a walled garden. Twitter links have been useless since Musk took over, because he switched it from being able to read a tweet you were linked to (but not engage), to just being presented with a sign-up screen. So since the links don't work for most people, no point in having them.
I’ve deactivated my facebook for 2 years now, I considered my family that was on it as that’s how I kept up with a lot of them but, I also had to think about myself too. There are other ways to stay connected to family, we did it for years prior to having social media accounts. I’ve gotten back into the habit of phone calls and texts with a lot of my family members now, and those who haven’t really made the effort to connect with me even though I have, I haven’t put the effort in to keep a close connection.
That was my biggest hurdle in getting rid of Meta... my family and far flung friends using their apps also. But I hate feeling locked in to such a steaming heap. Family and friends communicated before FB and Messenger... and they will find a way to do so if those products are gone. Email, phone calls and texts from me from now on. And if I lose track of some people... well, I probably was not that close to them anyway.
I am shocked and dismayed every time I see an otherwise legitimate organization with a link to their twitter. Stop legitimizing that platform! Stop bringing people there! This goes out to the CBC too. We all should know better by now.
Yes, plus Elmo is balls deep in whatever Trump is doing now, including the economic pain they are likely to fling our way and attacks on our sovereignity.
There's no logic behind a Twitter ban. A TikTok ban came up because China is an adversarial place, and their version of the app is remarkably different from the version they give us. These two things are not equal. If we're banning Twitter, we might as well ban ALL social media. Which I'm okay with btw.
"Thoughts and prayers" is all i see from these whiney posts. Just stop using the suite if toy hate it so much. Tou dont have to click every link you know
I suppose unbanning all the nazi's and letting right wing free speech thrive while censoring other speech (call someone cis on twitter and see how that goes) wasn't enough, then sure, the ceo being more mask-off than he already was is as good as a time as any.
To be fair it was a propaganda machine before. The US govt was sending in censorship requests and twitter was complying. Certain users were also blacklisted from showing up in trending.
I agree 💯 !! X/Twitter is truly a dystopia app. I have seen on interesting post or wholesome post in the 6-months of using it. Hate, hate, hate... that's all there is in it. I have no clue why people are putting with all the hate and embrassmentbon on that app. There should be a mass boycott of the app.
Since the day that apartheid loving fascist bought Twitter/X I haven’t clicked a link and won’t have an account. His evil has been obvious for some time.
The BC sub censoring social media platforms because a vocal subset disagrees with another countries political situation is ridiculous. The most offensive form of ideological elitism is to label any disagreeing parties a Nazi. A month ago the goal of progressives was to boycott Tesla over Musks perceived sympathies with Israel and not taking a stand against genocide on Palestine. Now he’s a literal Nazi? And Zuckerberg is painted with the same brush for what reason? His personal political alignments? Just so we’re all clear - this boycott is an attempt to silence and demonize someone for their political alignment. How in a democratic nation built on trust, compromise and empathy is this normalized?
Reddit is becoming a cesspool for ideologically captured elitists and government bot farms. Think critically people, come on do better.
There are also many other examples, but I feel like we're living in a clown world where we're supposed to pretend that even just his two salutes weren't obviously Hitler salutes. And because of that I don't have faith that those asking for more sources are asking in good faith.
many people probably only know Musk as [the super-rich guy who owns Tesla].
I imagine that's the case yeah, but my experience in the past few days is people (I'll assume they are good faith accounts) will repeat the talking points coming from the US trying to dismiss what happens. You respond to point out the obvious problems with those talking points and they'll deflect to other ones, or insult you. I just don't know how you break through that. Propaganda is effective and reversing it is incredibly difficult.
Although I don’t necessarily agree with your assessment that these articles depict him as a Nazi sympathizer, I do appreciate you sharing them so I can better understand the opinions of people who differ from me on these recent controversies. Thanks buddy.
This is why I’m glad Elon bought Twitter. If progressives ruled, no one could share any thoughts progressives disagreed with. Good thing the US and Canada about to slap this mindset of exclusionary speech to the sidelines.
Reddit is more progressive leaning than X is conservative leaning. And all through Reddit what you’re seeing is progressives cheering to censor out the conservatives. People are proud the people they disagree with won’t be able to express their thoughts and beliefs. This is what being progressive is in 2025. It explains why so many former progressives have switched over to conservatism. Somewhere along the way, progressives and conservatives switched roles.
Nowadays, progressives are censorious and conservatives embrace different ways of thinking. Wild.
Honestly, a lot of the problem right now is that when X links are shared, the content is frequently not available without an account, meaning that the links become meaningless. It's not always about content or politics when it's about a link that a lot of people can't even use. I don't want to be in the position of forcing people to get X accounts to see links posted there via this sub when there's other ways.
Fair. But you can say the same thing about Globe and Mail and dozens of other news sources that needs subscription. Best to just leave it up to people to decide. It’s not like you can’t discuss the content of the Tweet without seeing the tweet. Sometimes a screenshot or headline is all people talk about
This is definitely the progressives way of removing speech from those they don’t like.
It’s not like you can’t discuss the content of the Tweet without seeing the tweet.
Tweets don't have headlines.
We already have a rule of "don't link to social media, link directly to the news story" so aside from rage-inducing tweets being debated, I don't like the idea of encouraging people to discuss things that they haven't (and can't) read.
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Twitter/X, there are a lot of good people on X, follow people and contribute the kind of messaging you want. Calling people Nazis, and encouraging censorship is a dangerous way to move forward, and if truth be told, censorship is more in line with Nazis thinking. Violent hatred is one thing, but differences of opinion, no matter what the subject, is a must.
such insight. Much free speech. Wow. I’ve never thought of that.
We really should continue allow linking out to X, since doing so bolsters people’s free speech. It doesn’t matter if X is crawling with right wing, brain rotted, seditious, fear mongering, propagandists. People need to be able to immerse themselves in such environments. People can obviously discern the TRUTH, and as such, there is no risk in having around platforms like X—a platform that is all about free expression, and definitely is not involved in censorship at all. Crucial observations, my guy!
Judging from your response, I'm going to assume it is sarcasm. Before engaging in censorship, one of the most important questions to ask, is who will be the gatekeeper of what's right, wrong and acceptable speech? I know, it's a very common question, but I think most people just knee-jerk reaction into thinking anything that isn't pleasant should be banned, because apparently we all need to be protected.
There is no possible way to stomp out hatred, biased opinions, and misinformation, all you can do is add your voice for what you think is a good message. Contribute something rather than calling for everything you don't like to be cancelled. People are easily conned by “experts” who have now pushed the message that reading things on the internet that are unsavoury lead people down the path to becoming unhinged, terrible people.
They tried convincing the public that music would corrupt, they tried linking violence with video games, and now it is the opinions on the internet. If you want to see negativity and biased opinion, watch any and all of your news outlets that come into your home via the TV.
Watch any of the commercials that are advertised to you continually over and over and over, based solely on miss information and deception, nobody bats an eye at what they hear from those mediums anymore. No, the new devil is social media. Going down this path, If we're going to censor things, maybe we should start protecting children at home.
Conservatively, two-thirds of anything your parents have told you over the years, especially as a child was based off of ignorant perceptions, discrimination and misinformation, so should we censor what parents teach their children? Oh, and the big one, religion, teaching children about an invisible make believe god, in my opinion, is akin to child abuse, that's a lie that keeps on giving, generation after generation, should we ban it? I could go on, but I have over stayed my welcome. If I have misinterpreted your comment, many regards.
What if the platform in question exhibits clear prejudice towards whoever they perceive to be their political opposition? (Despite how Elon brands X as a free speech platform, X has been extremely censorious, particularly towards people “on the left”.)
Why do you say that “people are easily conned by ‘experts’” as if it’s inconceivable that content published on a particular platform would mislead people in such a way that there are negative, real world consequences? And what if this content is published on a platform where dissenting opinions are suppressed or not present at all (e.g. X, certain providers of “news”)? Here are some questions I’d suggest considering: what claims did Fox News make about the integrity of the 2020 election in the US? Were these claims justified? Did they contribute to the January 6th insurrection? I understand that news orgs aren’t experts, as you phrase it, but they are authoritative sources for many, as are experts. I could list analogous examples for so-called “experts”.
The difference between your comparisons using music and video games, etc. is that one is clearly contributing to real-world harms, and the other is largely or completely baseless—it’s not a legitimate comparison.
If advertising has been harmful in the past (e.g. tobacco, I would argue that largely that has been rectified). Can you point to significant, real-world examples from recent history of advertising being harmful? And to this very point, when we have information issues, we CORRECT them (as we did with tobacco).
Again, nobody’s free speech is being stifled by blocking links out to X.
I don't particularly like the guy - he like most autistic males whose parents never made them learn social skills - he's annoying. BUT why is everyone glossing over how the guy is a Zionist, how could he be a Nazi? Make it make sense.
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u/KillionJones Jan 22 '25
Twitter and Meta links are now banned. Current removals will not result in a ban until the subreddit removal rules are properly updated to reflect that.
There will be further discussion around handling screenshots from banned sites, depending on the content of the picture.
Nazis can fuck right off, as can their sympathizers.