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Other social media sites have been doing it. Do we want to join in?

EDIT: Some people are saying that this is a power that ought to be left to communities... do we have a specific delineation of powers that relegates these decisions to communities? If not, then I recommend that these users propose such a delineation of powers. I would be very ok with this proposal failing because instead we got a more explicit set of checks and balances.

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[–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

I like this idea. Two things to clarify, although they may seem obvious.

  • it should only apply to posts, not comments
  • screenshots are fine

Otherwise it sounds good to me.

[–] index@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

As others have done the best solution seem to be blocking twitter links but still allowing screens, this way you preserve the content but don't give them any clicks.

This however will lead to easier spread of fake screenshots. These are common for Twitter, so checking the source easily is valuable for verification.

[–] Taokan@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

I don't think it needs banned, but I would be completely unfussed if it got banned. And I wholeheartedly support just downvoting the beans out of anything sourced from there in the meantime.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

While I generally think such things should be community level as default, I'm fine with it if it happens.

I haven't run across an x link in over a year that was worth clicking on. It's a shitty site/service that's turned into a festering pit of nastiness. It's not something I feel strongly enough about to campaign for it being instance banned, but it's already something I avoid.