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Twitter Bans Linking to Mastodon, Facebook, Truth Social and Other Competitors
Musk is worried about other social medial platforms
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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/twitter-bans-promotion-social-platforms-facebook-instagram-1235284331/
Twitter is banning the “free promotion” of specific third-party social media platforms through link sharing as well as social media link aggregators, the company announced Sunday.
“We recognize that many of our users are active on other social media platforms. However, we will no longer allow free promotion of certain social media platforms on Twitter,” the platform’s Twitter Support account tweeted out. “Specifically, we will remove accounts created solely for the purpose of promoting other social platforms and content that contains links or usernames for the following platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr and Post.”
Social platforms prohibited as of Sunday include Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Post and Nostr, along with link aggregators linktr.ee and lnk.bio. The current approach to banning does not prohibit paid advertisement and promotions from the identified competitors, cross-posting from sites not listed on the policy page or “cross-posting content from any social media platform.”
Violations include using URLs that link to the identified platforms, providing your social handle without a URL and the inclusion of third-party platform usernames in your Twitter bio or account name. But it will also ban users from spelling out “dot” for social media platforms that use the punctuation mark and screenshots of your handle from any of the prohibited platforms.
Users in violation of the policy may be required to delete one or more flagged Tweets or see their account temporarily locked, followed by permanent platform suspension for subsequent violations.
“We recognize that many of our users are active on other social media platforms. However, we will no longer allow free promotion of certain social media platforms on Twitter,” the platform’s Twitter Support account tweeted out. “Specifically, we will remove accounts created solely for the purpose of promoting other social platforms and content that contains links or usernames for the following platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr and Post.”
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Social platforms prohibited as of Sunday include Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Post and Nostr, along with link aggregators linktr.ee and lnk.bio. The current approach to banning does not prohibit paid advertisement and promotions from the identified competitors, cross-posting from sites not listed on the policy page or “cross-posting content from any social media platform.”
Violations include using URLs that link to the identified platforms, providing your social handle without a URL and the inclusion of third-party platform usernames in your Twitter bio or account name. But it will also ban users from spelling out “dot” for social media platforms that use the punctuation mark and screenshots of your handle from any of the prohibited platforms.
Users in violation of the policy may be required to delete one or more flagged Tweets or see their account temporarily locked, followed by permanent platform suspension for subsequent violations.
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