Debian is Ditching X (Twitter) Citing These Reasons

[deadcream@sopuli.xyz]

Everyone who have use Twitter in the past 2 years is a nazi.

[thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz]

I've managed to ditch every single one of those except LinkedIn. We simply CANNOT get new clients without it. The lockin to that platform is truly terrifying. LinkedIn is a crime against humanity.

[markstos@lemmy.world]

My town’s subreddit just started a policy to disallow links to X for similar reasons.

There is a movement to avoid the platform.

[monkemischief@lemmy.today]

I still don't think I understand the full utility of RSS. I guess it's good for forum communication too?

Because my first thought was "RSS is cool but first we need human-written content and blogs to come back."

[eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Debian continues to be one of the best distros ever made. If I had the means, it would get funding every time I run apt update.

[monkemischief@lemmy.today]

That's a super neat trick actually. Why the heck has RSS been losing popularity when it seems to be the only magic protocol you really need to keep up with what you actually care about?

Oh I just answered my own question: It must be harder to hijack RSS with intrusive ads and clickbait...

[zerohora@lemmy.ml]

Blue checkmarks...

[theroff@aussie.zone]

https://forums.debian.net/ exists for Debian

[ericjmorey@programming.dev]

I'd make a blind bet on that over Matrix for suitability.

[joshcodes@programming.dev]

It's a shame I haven't seen more YouTubers leaving X, they all seem to use it to talk about whatever they do. Not that I watch a lot of YouTube these days but my family does, younger ones especially watch those minecraft SMP types. Its arguably the most toxic social media but "everyone's on there".

I liked this article about the whole ordeal so I'll share it here: Why You'll Leave X as well as instagram and all other private platforms

[idlesheep@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

This is to me one of the major reasons Twitter discourse is completely ruined and the platform is mostly useless for seeing what people think now.

When the only people who get to be at the top of discussions are people who pay for twitter, the only opinions that get shared are those that are pro Twitter, pro Elon, etc. Because they have a direct stake in the game.

And that's if the people posting aren't all bots that pay for a checkmark to boost engagement.

So glad more people are leaving it. There's nothing to gain from it anymore.

[idlesheep@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Doesn't Twitter directly suppress such links? I remember there was a crackdown on people linking their mastodon accounts a while back.

And external links in general get a huge suppression in the algorithm because Twitter does not want to recommend tweets that take you off the site.

The platform actively fights you if you want to move elsewhere) which should really be a telltale sign for you to move), so I get why some orgs struggle with that decision. Doubly so if your job relies on the platform's outreach.

[usernameusername@lemm.ee]

There are still a few nitter instances alive

https://status.d420.de/

[svcross@lemmy.world]

RSS to know when there's a new post on the blog.

[xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

That's a very silly take

[xephonian@retrolemmy.com]

Imagine being so fragile you can't tolerate opposing viewpoints.

[svcross@lemmy.world]

Oh I like that rhythm.

"I'm lock up, no way
Corps and hearsay
Brought me to jail
FOSS not too late

All I say is I'm donating to debian today"

[jackbydev@programming.dev]

When it forces you to log in to view stuff, it's usefulness as a platform for announcements is substantially lessened.

[grapho@lemmy.ml]

Imagine being so fragile you get shook by people leaving

[nullpotential@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

shutting out a significant portion of your community without seeking their input first isn't a sensible move for such a foundational open source project.

It actually is a perfectly sensible move, and it doesn't "shut out" anyone. If anything, prioritizing twitter is what shuts users out. They linked to two-three alternatives. What's the argument here, exactly, from the other side?