01-22-2025, 07:25 PM
Discussing the most important issue of our time in constructive:
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Alexandros, post: 134699184, member: 8501 wrote:We are not true to our principles. We have all collectively let a lot of awful shit slide because we want to talk about videogames. Selectively making a stand on this particular thing that will negatively affect the site's usability for thousands of people should only be done after careful consideration.
B-Dubs, post: 134699655, member: 143 wrote:Just to be clear, what we're discussing is breaking any future twitter embeds while maintaining the already existing ones in order not to affect the readability of older threads. If people want to use screenshots they can, we'll have some guidelines for that to try and protect against fake nonsense, and we're not going to be breaking links to the platform (that'd create a huge mess). What we're talking about is just making it so people can't embed in the future.
I totally get what you're saying and I do want to try and make sure this does as little damage to us as is possible. I don't want this to be a "We stabbed ourselves in the stomach in order to spit on Musk" situation.
That said, all this is happening at an awkward moment given we're currently trying to set up for a major site upgrade. So it's going to take a minute.
Alexandros, post: 134700039, member: 8501 wrote:That sounds like a solid plan, thank you for the reply. Have you decided on how regular (not embedded) Twitter URL links will be handled? For example, if the source of a piece of news or rumor is a twitter link, will it be able to be posted as a url in the OP?
B-Dubs, post: 134701038, member: 143 wrote:Given the technical side is going to take a minute, we're taking the time to iron out the details as much as we can. That way we can make a proper announcement and have some guidelines available.
red_shift_ltd, post: 134703177, member: 56997 wrote:Just my two cents but Xitter needs to go from Era. I get that Xitter is a big site worldwide but just because it is now doesn't mean it will always be and we need to stand up for positive change.
We can work with screenshots and links but embedding directly is benefiting an actual Nazi.
As others have mentioned we can try and drive traffic to actual websites instead of social media which helps the health of the internet as a whole.
B-Dubs, post: 134707551, member: 143 wrote:Like I said, we're already working on it.