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@hexorg @mastodonusercount Twitter is banning all links to other social media sites like Mastodon, Facebook, Instagram, โฆ and also to third-party link aggregators:
https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport/status/1604531261791522817
Attached: 4 images BREAKING NEWS! #ElonMusk 's Desperate Gambit to Stop People Leaving Twitter! New #twitter policy bans promotion of other social media. People in the MSM media will fix their profiles & will go "Phew! I missed the ban this time, let's be more careful!" & keep Tweeting. They need the exposure, publishers want the money/clicks so they'll follow the new rules. https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/social-platforms-policy Tech folks know what's happening: The policy is designed to thwart tools like https://www.movetodon.org/
@hexorg
A few hours ago, Twitter added a new rule : it is now forbidden to promote others social network such as Facebook, Instagram or Mastodon on Twitter, like saying "btw I'm on mastodon at [my account]", even as a link, an image, anything. Your account can be suspended because of this.
Angehรคngt: 1 Bild Actual new wave is coming in. #JohnMastodon effect. ๐
For people who don't know who @paulg is:
* birdsite archive: https://archive.today/p3ElV (looks like the account was frozen before the archiver finished its task)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Graham_%28programmer%29
@mastodonusercount Big acceleration in people joining Mastodon - Musk is doing a great job!