Debian is Ditching X (Twitter) Citing These Reasons

[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?

[mouette@jlai.lu]

Imagine your view point is aligning with Musk one... You're either a billionaire or a dumb looser thinking is a part of a club he isn't in

[buddascrayon@lemmy.world]

Those replies are why they are leaving. And good riddance to such a godawful platform.

[buddascrayon@lemmy.world]

That's beginning to wane. The fewer major posters there are, the fewer people will look to the site for information. And the fewer people on there looking for info...etc.

[chairmanmeow@programming.dev]

I don't mind opposing views. I do mind views that say some of my family members or some of my friends should kill themselves. I have no business on a platform that allows such hateful conduct, end of story.

It's a matter of basic decency and respect.

[zink@programming.dev]

That first reply highlights a major difference in how people approach the world.

Speaking very generally, conservatism and right wing politics seen to attract those who see everything as a competition and that dominating other people is what it means to be a good person. Funny that it also leads to frustrated, angry, isolated people.

So if we want to switch to using a website that doesn’t promote hurting/killing 2% of the population, we are now BOWING DOWN to the minority some of us would not rather murder.

It’s the same reason they hate DEI so much.