Ahoy mateys!

We are closing the voting on this topic a couple of days early as the result is already conclusive., Our threshold for passing the motion was for 2/3 of voting members in favor. We have far exceeded that threshold (see below) and have a good number of overall responses, so the proposed policy change has now been approved and takes effect immediately.

Our new policy on Xitter links

  1. No Xitter links are to be posted on this instance from the date of this announcement.
  2. Workarounds such as link shorteners and alternative front-ends that resolve to Xitter posts are also banned.
  3. Screenshots will still be permitted as per the overwhelming number of comments in support of this option.
  4. Exception: In rare cases there may be a need to verify the veracity of a Xitter post. If this need arises, then you may post a https://xcancel.com/ version of the link. Please note this option should only be used sparingly and exclusively for fact-checking purposes.

We will begin communicating this instance policy change to all our users today.

Please try to be helpful to anyone who accidentally posts a Xitter link who may not yet be aware of the policy change, and/or feel free to report in the usual way.

N.B.: For the loopholers - by “Xitter links” we mean any links to content hosted on X (formerly Twitter). Alternative Xitter front-ends are also banned under this policy, unless exception #4 applies. Edit: The ban also applies to other Xitter-owned domains such as their photo blobstore (pbs) domain at pbd.twimg.com

Thanks to everyone involved for participating in the vote!

**The final tally is as follows: **

  • For: Salty Dog: An icon of two crossed cutlasses with a skull in the center in orange-red, black and white colors (2), Vouched: a minimalist compass icon. Orangered color (7), Deck Hand: An icon of anchor crossed with two staves in orange-red, black and white colors (5), First Mate: a pirate ship's steering wheel, orangered color (3), Powder Monkey: An icon of powder barrel in orange-red, black and white colors (2), Threadiverse Enjoyer: An icon of a doubloon with a black hole in the center in orange-red, black and white colors (1)
  • Against:
  • Local Community: +2.6
  • Outsider sentiment: Very Positive
  • Total: +22.6
  • Percentage: 100.00%

To break this down a little differently:

  • Home instance users voted 93% in favor of the proposal (284/307)
  • External instance users voted 97% in favor of the proposal (70/72 note: these are not counted, but good to know)
  • Donating and vouched for users voted 100% in favor of the proposal (20/20 votes).
  • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comM
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    2 days ago

    Threativore report filter has been setup for post url/body and comments. This filter will only apply to local communities. After a brief period of validating, we’ll switch it to autoremove (which will provide a built-in appeal option)

  • bufalo1973@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 days ago

    It would be nice if Lemmy had a plugin or something like that to change xitter links to xcancel.

    It would be nicer if everything had that plugin.

    • VitoRobles@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      2 days ago

      On the server instance level, or the user application level?

      On the server instance level, I can see if being an issue if it extends to other redirects, and lead to malicious abuse by the instance.

      On the user application level, would be valuable. I use Lemmy Sync and it’ll be a nice feature to suggest.

      • Fedegenerate@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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        2 days ago

        Ahem… Gestures vaguely at the nsfw handle. Aside from the obvious upsides, not federating downvotes has been pretty good. I think my reader, connect, can turn them off. Just looked, maybe it doesn’t, there a “show upvotes and downvotes” button. Regardless, this is not the place for that.

        It would probably be good to get a general user off lemmynsfw though. “All” is cluttered with all sorts of nonsense.

  • spujb@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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    3 days ago

    now this is how you do a rule change!

    • community poll
    • exception for the huge perceived benefit of allowing screenshots
    • workarounds and tools for when needed
    • overall very well written and communicated

    others (ahem) should follow the example you provided here!

    • YarrMatey@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 days ago

      Home instance users voted 93% in favor of the proposal (284/307)

      Donating and vouched for users voted 100% in favor of the proposal (20/20 votes).

      At least we know in this poll it is 3.07 instance users votes (1/100 non-supporting, non-vouched and non-mvp users, cannot exceed +/- 10) vs 20 donated/vouched users votes. This is definitely a fair way to poll.

      • Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        23 hours ago

        I don’t think pay to win democracy is a fair way to poll personally. Doesn’t fit right with me to give those with the luxury of spare cash a louder voice.

      • spujb@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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        2 days ago

        right! the math is crazy rigorous and i wouldn’t expect just any random admin to be able to do all that, but it’s certaintly something to aspire towards

    • Unruffled [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      3 days ago

      Hi fuckwit_mcbumble lol,

      We are still configuring the threativore automod settings. Initially we will set it to autoreport any suspected violations for human review. Once we have confirmed it is working as expected then it will auto-remove the post or comment with a specific modlog reason to explain the policy.

  • samus12345@lemm.eeEnglish
    0·
    3 days ago

    As an external instance user, I would have supported this. Notable tweets can be reported on without giving any clicks to Xitter.

  • atro_city@fedia.io
    0·
    3 days ago

    About time. Good riddance. I hope other instances follow suit. Xitter is a damn plague.