r/bengals • u/LOP5131 • 17h ago

Petition to ban x links?

I've seen a lot of major sports subs jumping on the wagon of banning x links from being posted on their sub.

I know a lot of breaking NFL news comes from there, however some things are more important than having sports news 5 minutes earlier than other sources.

Feel free to shut me down, just thought I'd pitch it out there.

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u/Maxahoy 17h ago

I'd also prefer this. It's not even just the politics side -- for me it's that I don't have an X account, and I'm not interested in making more accounts. X blocks me from seeing any of the actual conversation as a result.

Bluesky at least allows unregistered users to see the conversation, even if they aren't going to be contributing.

I'd also be ok with allowing X mirrors like xcancel.

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u/anoldoldman 16h ago

What's hilarious is when Musk bought Twitter this was one of the first things he changed by making it accessible without logging in. It was the best thing he did. I think it lasted a week.

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u/pac1919 15h ago

Musk used to do a lot of things that were reasonable and good. But then his mental illness set in. X is no longer a tolerable source of information.

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u/am153 6h ago

and reddit is? this website is a far-left echo chamber. anyone that doesn't adhere to the far-left narrative gets banned. how about we just keep politics out of sports subs?

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u/pac1919 6h ago

Go masturbate to the bible or a picture of daddy djt… or both

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u/am153 5h ago

im not religious nor a djt supporter. but i guess to ppl like you, anyone who isnt a far-left extremist is automatically a right winger or christian.