[META] The future of Twitter/X submissions on r/cricket
Hi everyone,
A number of users have raised concerns with the moderators in the last couple of days regarding the continued allowance of Twitter/X posts on this subreddit.
It's already the case that we discourage posting of tweets, as the site makes it awkward for people without accounts to view, so where possible we encourage the posting of a relevant news story instead But the state of the website continues to deteriorate.
The user experience when clicking on a tweet link without an account is as bad as it's ever been (we previously - about a year and a half ago - banned twitter links temporarily for this reason, at the time the change was reverted but it's basically back to that state again now). With the significant re-working of the 'verification' system, it's also now easier for fake 'news' to circulate on Twitter/X. The owner of the site, who actively controls its direction, is himself a frequent sharer of harmful and discriminatory misinformation and this sort of content is amplified on the site. He has also shown direct support for far-right and fascist groups such as AfD in Germany and Stephen Yaxley-Lennon’s group in the UK.
The vast majority of Cricket content which is shared on Twitter/X is also available on other platforms which could be linked instead, without providing clicks that support Twitter/X and it's owner. There is also a factor that if their content is getting less interaction on that site, journalists may be encouraged to post on other platforms.
As other subreddits are, we would like to get the opinions from our community on the future of Twitter/X posts on this subreddit, before a decision is made.
Some examples of how we could proceed:
- Outright ban on all content from Twitter/X
- Ban on linked posts but allow screenshots of tweets
- keep the stats quo
Thoughts from the community are welcome.