Debian is Ditching X (Twitter) Citing These Reasons

[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.

[ubergeek@lemmy.today]

Yep, it's viable now for many orgs...

[rational_lib@lemmy.world]

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.

Ironic when X shuts out anyone who isn't logged in and shuts out anyone who doesn't pay for a blue checkmark from having visible replies.

[dojan@lemmy.world]

Oh my gods, the mess that is Teams. When I first started working at my current company I was kind of excited because all of the software just works together. It felt novel, and I was enchanted by it. That quickly died when I realised that it makes finding anything a nightmare. There's a billion different tabs and solutions for every single individual thing, and even multiple things within the same project. I think the main project I work on has like fifteen different test documents, and good luck trying to find the documentation for pushing stuff live! The only real way to find things is to ask someone who knows. There's half a billion different search bars and finding the right one is just way too time consuming.

[hulfpa@lemmy.ml]

There are ARM distros, yet the SnapDragon X Elite SOC is not yet supported fully. The drivers are a mess. They are progressing, but slowly probably due to the small number of people who would use it.

[lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

The "searchification" of fucking everything is driving me absolutely insane! No, I don't want a search bar to be the only way to find things, and hiding the actual file functions does nobody any favors.

[fff982@lemmy.ml]

Why politicize everything?

Simps for X (formerly twitter)

[programmingsocks@pawb.social]

Agreed. Notably, Bluesky doesn't require an account to read posts.

[ericjmorey@programming.dev]

I'm talking about posting on their website a link to alternative social media accounts.