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[Mod Post] Links to Twitter/X are now permanently banned from this community (self.nintendo)
submitted 14 hours ago by slimerancher to c/nintendo
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Our sister community, [email protected] has announced that they are banning all links to Twitter / X, including the alternate front-ends like Nitter, Xitter, etc, and after discussing with @[email protected] and @[email protected], we have decided to follow them.

So, from now on: All links to Twitter, X, or any alternative version such as Nitter, Xitter, etc. are no longer allowed. The only exception will be screenshots in the event that the news cannot be sourced elsewhere.

Please report posts containing these links so that mods can remove them.

As for the reason, I am going to steal words of @[email protected] :

The long-term reason is that the platform as a whole is becoming more and more (arguably already is) a safe haven for fascism, racism, xenophobia, anti-lgbtqia+, etc.

The acute reason is Elon giving Nazi salutes at the inauguration being the final straw. This community will not support Nazism or fascism in any way whatsoever.

Previously we showed a preference for links to Nitter or Xitter but it wasn’t a rule. Now we reject the platform in all of its incarnations and in any way that provides traffic and or reliance upon it.

Thank you for your support.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

Well done

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 hours ago

Nice.

[–] Benjaben 13 points 8 hours ago

Good decision, I would welcome this rule on any Lemmy community.

[–] not_that_guy05 9 points 9 hours ago

For this, I will subscribe to this community even though I have no switch.

[–] homesweethomeMrL 12 points 9 hours ago

Good job!

[–] donuts 49 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Time to pressure Nintendo in giving up X as an outlet, too.

Last year they already discontinued being able to post to X from your Switch (as the new API cost was basically astronomical compared to before), so maybe they need another nudge in the right direction.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

Nintendo is a Japanese company, I wouldn’t get your hopes up over them giving a rat’s ass about American politics

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 hours ago

Most effective would probably be spread of memes of Musk and Nazism being spread making the site so strongly associated with Nazi imagery that companies become afraid of their brand being associated with Nazi support. Brands being tarnished due to strong association is the only type of stuff companies tend to respond to.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 hours ago

Good

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer 7 points 9 hours ago

👏👏👏👏👏👏

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 hours ago

Excellent. It's nice to see active moves to reduce direct visits to Twitter that are often the result of submissions providing links there.

[–] CosmicSploogeDrizzle 14 points 11 hours ago

Thanks @[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 30 points 13 hours ago

Hell yeah! Thanks everyone at both this and the sister community for standing up for what's right. It's nice to be proud of what I browse instead of ashamed