The thing that's going to fuck Twitter with that new policy on linking is not blocking Mastodon links.
It's blocking Insta.
Politics Twitter is shouty but not actually the bulk of the platform.
That's celebs and lifestyle. And that stuff is pure insta crossover territory.
@garius it's the linktr.ee ban more than anything that is both insane and damaging.
Well next to the entire concept.
@gothytim @wyvern @garius
They didn't *have* to do any of it.
If they genuinely sat down and researched and constructed a business case for banning links to other social media, I'd expect stuff like linktree would already be enough friction to not be nearly so damaging. But this isn't a carefully-researched business move, this is a spoiled child having a tantrum.
@Sanakism @wyvern @garius Well, yeah - but if you start down the road of โweโre going to stop people linking to competing social media sitesโ then thatโs an inevitable consequence.
Of course the policy has since been quietly reversed anyway (though some URLs - including tech.lgbt - are still blocked from being posted)
Time to keep posting the movie clip of Adolf in the Fuhrerbunker, losing his shit, hashtagged as At TwitterHQ.
If one were still posting on Twitter.
@garius TBH the linktree ban looks insane.
I wonder what would happen if I put a link to my own personal domain that had links to one of the banned social media sites.
@garius They carve out an exception for cross-posting from SM that offers "alternative ways of delivering content".
Vague enough to show insta posts, but allow capricious banning of content they disapprove of
@garius counterpoint, most Influencers (not celebrities, but just influencers) I know are not on Twitter or barely have a presence.
The reason being Twitter click through rate for lifestyle is pretty low, because Twitter is designed for conversation. Most influencers donโt want a dialogue. They just want to share something and get the click through.
Celebrities are a different story. But theyโre already leavingโฆ
@garius also Facebook.
Zuckโs gonna come out with guns blazing (and thatโs not a metaphor).
@lostpanda have you been on Twitter recently? They don't have any advertisers of note left anyway.
This was one of my recent adverts: "Hi, I like crypto, would you be my friend?". No way that guy beat out Glaxo in an ad auction.
(Also their ad targeting is atrocious, I don't have any positive interest in any of that stuff.)
@ancientsounds
FWIW I'd misread, it was retweeted by the French minister for Digital Affairs, the actual source is apparently the chief scientific officer of the gendarmerie nationale:
โAny attempt to remove my tweets that link to my other social media accounts, not violating any law, would actually make #twitter an editorial media, and no longer a social media platform, with civil and criminal liability for *any* illegal content therein. https://t.co/kwoFHVue43โ
Just go with Musk's assessment/foot in mouth.
Seriously, one of the daftest tweets yet.
@garius it's the entire thing.
I mean, can you think of many user areas which won't be seriously annoyed by this, and how ridiculously anti-competitive this is? He's begging for a lawsuit or 27.
@garius Elon is desperately making unhinged decisions as people bail or reduce their time on Twitter.
Heโs not a good businessman. He essentially just won the lottery a couple of times, and now heโs setting it all ablaze.
@garius Iโd argue the linktree ban is worse.
Most people, even celebrities will repost to Twitter but few include the instagram link.
The link in bio tool ban basically cuts ALL creators at their knees
Which is hilarious because creators were one of the few groups helping to generate revenue through super follows, ticketed spaces, etc.
Not to mention that Instagram is owned by Facebook, the 800 pound gorilla with lawyers.
Lots of lawyers.
Lawyers that understand things like restraint of trade, and anti-trust, and such.
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