A lot of subreddits are banning/proposing to ban X links in response to Führer Elon’s wonderful gesture of love and tolerance. Should this instance follow suit?

Also, Instagram/Threads/Meta links. Same question.

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    6 hours ago

    Yes… we should probably ban Xitter links… but maybe allow other front ends? You know, because screenshots can be forged.

  • DigitalDilemma@lemmy.ml
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    8 hours ago

    Yes.

    Evidence suggests that X is a hate site run by a fascist.

    Meta isn’t quite there yet, but heading in the same direction.

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    9 hours ago

    Do you think Lemmy should act like Meta, which banned Pixelfed links and Mastodon instances?

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      Logic like this is like refusing to use violence against colonizers because your colonizer uses violence.

      Tactics cannot be evaluated solely on the basis of whether your opponent uses them. Banning certain sources robs them of a little bit more reach and that’s a good thing if you’re talking about an explicitly fascist platform. I think either screenshots or archive links should be the only time x posts are allowed.

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    12 hours ago

    Wasn’t Lemmy supposed to be for free speech/anti-censorship and shit? Or maybe I got it wrong? Yall do realize there are many reasonable things on X and not just the right-wing/Elon stuff. Right?

    • Lemmy is software that can be used however the instance admin that hosts the community that you are using want it to be used. It is censorship proof which means that you are free to launch your own instance and publish your own content which will be sent to and be accessible from other Lemmy software instances that federate with you and allow the content or people can sign in themselves to your local instance if you allow them to make accounts and access your software and hosting.

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      7 hours ago

      You have to be willing to walk away from and ignore corporate media platforms, or else they’ll never be defeated. And content creators need to also learn to not post their stuff to these platforms.

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    1 day ago

    Block them. If they have something interesting or important to say, just quote it. Don’t send them even more traffic and attention.

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      1 day ago

      A quote is not a source. The news often misquotes people or takes words out of context.

      A tweet should be screenshotted with the original link along with an alternate to xcancel.com.

      If the tweet itself has a link or mentions something elsewhere, a link to that source should also be provided.

      Sounds like a lot but anything less is misinformation, as far as I’m concerned. So much news and memes have been spread where the subject is taken out of context. Hours or days or years will go by before people come to discover the true meaning of something and by then the impression has already been made.

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      1 day ago

      Agreed. At least send the link shared to Twitter then, if there’s any. A screenshot is better than nothing.