Do you think Lemmy.ml should ban X/Twitter links?

[hiddenlayer555@lemmy.ml]

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.

[digdilem@lemmy.ml]

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.

[logging_strict@lemmy.ml]

Regardless if he is a saint or not, it's super centralized social media and we shouldn't support it

[dmega@lemmy.imagisphe.re]

I don't think you should do this, so what makes you better than them? ‍️

[thomascrappersghost@feddit.uk]

They do hate speech and we don’t want to contribute to their traffic?

[digdilem@lemmy.ml]

Centralisation isn't inherently bad. It has many benefits from a technical perspective. Remember that none of these social networks got popular through not offering people what they wanted, and the vast majority of people do not want biased or hate filled sites.

But centralisation does give a lot of power and influence to the few, and so far, they have all been found wanting when it comes to not being evil.

[dmega@lemmy.imagisphe.re]

What did the links do to you, and what kind of "hate speech" do they incite? Can you explain?

[thomascrappersghost@feddit.uk]

Standard right wing division stuff about migrants, or foreigners, better before phones, health and safety…stuff like that. Initially I thought I could just block them, not realising that made the problem of seeing them worse cos algorithms.

[logging_strict@lemmy.ml]

recognizing the pattern of owners/mods abusing power and no one really agreeing what exactly that entails, will always find that decentralization is the way that it has to be.

We tried centralization and doesn't go well. The answer is not to keep trying the same thing.

[digdilem@lemmy.ml]

We tried centralization and doesn’t go well.

Well, no. Centralised social media did, and is, doing extremely well by most metrics.

We can build our ivory towers and feel happy and safe within them, but it doesn't change the fact that we're not missed and the above probably like that we're not there pointing out its flaws.

[logging_strict@lemmy.ml]

Centralised social media did, and is, doing extremely well by most metrics.

Such as censorship (everywhere). shadowbanning (X), ownership by an egomaniac slyster (X), blue badges (X), and being ganged up on (reddit). i'm ignoring platforms for addicts such as tiktok, youtube, and instagram.

Which matrix are we ignoring in order come to the conclusion legacy social media is doing well? Be specific.

we’re not missed

You are right.

At the same time, those platforms are not providing enough value for users to stick around.