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What I don't understand: they posted a second tweet that directly contradicts that rules and policies document. > https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport/status/160

What I don't understand: they posted a second tweet that directly contradicts that rules and policies document. > https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport/status/1604531268493795329 https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport/status/160453126849379532... > We still allow cross-posting content from any social media platform. Posting links or usernames to social media platforms not listed above are also not in violation of this policy.

anigbrowl 4y ago
What's better than 1 clear rule? 2 ambiguous ones that you can use to keep most people confused and paralyzed.
davidbarker 4y ago
This confused me too, but I believe they're saying "if you upload (for example) a photo to Instagram, we'll still allow you to upload it to Twitter also, but you're not allowed to link to it". I find it strange they explicitly mention this, though. As if they might decide only completely original media is allowed on Twitter.
- kccoder 4y ago
  > As if they might decide only completely original media is allowed on Twitter. Pretty sure that is precisely where things are headed. A viable alternative can’t come soon enough.
- cywick 4y ago
  I find the language itself to be pretty clear, but since it would be absolutely insane* if crossposting the same content was prohibited, you think that they simply must have meant something else with that statement. Hence the confusion. [*] To us, but apparently not to them, so let's see where this train is headed next.
- KennyBlanken 4y ago
  I think you might be right. If they're refusing to allow you to post something on one network and then link to it on Twitter, that is hilariously petty. All this is going to do is drive creators to mastodon...which means at least for the popular ones, they'll end up gladly giving mastodon a lot of extra visibility.
- rhaway84773 4y ago
  What it indicates to me is that they considered blocking apps that make it easy for someone to post something on multiple social media platforms at the same time. Which is why they specifically mentioned that this is allowed, since it was something that was top of the mind of whoever made the decision.
electrondood 4y ago
What everyone has to understand, is that Elon's companies work by decree. Tesla engineers see a tweet that went out to 100m people about what they're going to deliver in two weeks and go "ohhh shit." All of these changes are coming directly from Elon, impulsively. Another core tenet is to remove components and try things until something breaks, and then add those components back once they've been proven to be necessary. This is fine for a startup, but it's quite disruptive for a mature platform with 450m users.

anigbrowl 4y ago

What's better than 1 clear rule? 2 ambiguous ones that you can use to keep most people confused and paralyzed.

davidbarker 4y ago

This confused me too, but I believe they're saying "if you upload (for example) a photo to Instagram, we'll still allow you to upload it to Twitter also, but you're not allowed to link to it". I find it strange they explicitly mention this, though. As if they might decide only completely original media is allowed on Twitter.

kccoder 4y ago
> As if they might decide only completely original media is allowed on Twitter. Pretty sure that is precisely where things are headed. A viable alternative can’t come soon enough.
cywick 4y ago
I find the language itself to be pretty clear, but since it would be absolutely insane* if crossposting the same content was prohibited, you think that they simply must have meant something else with that statement. Hence the confusion. [*] To us, but apparently not to them, so let's see where this train is headed next.
KennyBlanken 4y ago
I think you might be right. If they're refusing to allow you to post something on one network and then link to it on Twitter, that is hilariously petty. All this is going to do is drive creators to mastodon...which means at least for the popular ones, they'll end up gladly giving mastodon a lot of extra visibility.
rhaway84773 4y ago
What it indicates to me is that they considered blocking apps that make it easy for someone to post something on multiple social media platforms at the same time. Which is why they specifically mentioned that this is allowed, since it was something that was top of the mind of whoever made the decision.

electrondood 4y ago

What everyone has to understand, is that Elon's companies work by decree. Tesla engineers see a tweet that went out to 100m people about what they're going to deliver in two weeks and go "ohhh shit." All of these changes are coming directly from Elon, impulsively. Another core tenet is to remove components and try things until something breaks, and then add those components back once they've been proven to be necessary. This is fine for a startup, but it's quite disruptive for a mature platform with 450m users.