Twitter blocks users from sharing Mastodon links
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Twitter has blocked its users from sharing some links to its social media rival Mastodon.
Mastodon is divided into groups, called servers, based on many topics including the UK, snooker, and security.
Twitter has blocked links to some of the largest servers which users would join, including the most popular "social" channel.
And Twitter is also stopping users from adding links to their Mastodon account in their bios - calling them "malware".
There is absolutely no evidence to support the suggestion that Mastodon contains malware - malicious software that can harm your device.
Mastodon said it gained hundreds of thousands of users in November, with some Twitter users seeking alternative platforms.
Full article https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-63999452
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The desperate flappings of a dying bird?
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He's alive...
Just sleeping ๐ฆ -
@Pathduck Turns out that, as with many of an authoritarian bent, his definition of free speech is "free speech-that-I like." Speech he doesn't like is not permitted on his platform. At least Mastodon lets users pick whether to join a "happy community" space or a "wild and wooly west" space.
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@Catweazle Twitter is a closed system now, ruled without known rules by a oligarch with weird ideas.
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Manual on how to end a social network in record time.
I hope Musk buys Google soon -
Anyone heard about The Twitter Files?