Honestly, we probably should have done this sooner, but the second best time is now. Links to Twitter, X, or any other alternative such as Nitter, Xitter, etc are now banned.
Please report all twitter/X posts to the Mods for immediate removal.
The only exception we will allow will be screenshots in the event that the associated news cannot be sourced elsewhere.
The rules for this community will be amended to reflect this change in policy.
Edit: To answer “why?” I will paste below a copy of my reply to another comment:
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.
This is a great question. I am fairly confident that a post directly to those related web services has never occurred in this community. We don’t even really get too many X links either but there are many game announcements and rumors that occur on X which have been posted here. So I will say yes, but we will rely on the community to report these posts for inspection and subsequent removal. If it becomes an issue we will name the additional web services and make the rule more specific. If it becomes even more of an issue I will look at implementing an automod.
Edit;
The ban is more about denying support of the platform in the form of preventing web traffic. So in the spirit of that, any X-affiliated domains fall under the ban.