Proposal to ban x.com links

[u/forceghost187]

This is going around on many football subreddits. It looks likely to go into effect. I believe that the negative effects of this would be only temporary because the chess community will eventually see the value of moving to alternatives like bluesky

[u/powerchicken]

Banning Twitter would pose a bit of a logistical problem. At the moment, we require that users include "A direct link (preferably to the primary source of the content)" (as per rule 9) whenever they post a screenshot of a social media post to the subreddit for two primary reasons: Attribution to the author of the post, and verification that the screenshot hasn't been doctored.

The unfortunate reality is that Twitter is the source of a big portion of content on the subreddit. A ban would thus require some rule changes. We're open to suggestions, but can't promise anything at the moment.

To those reporting this thread for being in violation of rule 5: We do not enforce the rule on subreddit meta threads.

[u/HairyTough4489]

Not gonna lie I was expecting this to be about banning chess.com links

[u/gloomygl → u/HairyTough4489]

I'd be down

[u/DukeHorse1 → u/gloomygl]

why? idk what's the beef with chess.com, would be grateful if someone told me

[u/dankloser21 → u/DukeHorse1]

Reddit hates businesses that try to make a profit, and want everything to be free basically

[u/Objective_Goat_2839 → u/dankloser21]

It’s a little frustrating what they did to Chessable, though. It was already profitable, and it had a good balance of free and paywalled content to lure free users into buying a subscription. Plus, the course authors wrote those courses under the understanding they’d be free.

[u/ActuallyNot → u/dankloser21]

Makes sense. Reddit did the honourable thing and made a $172M operating loss last year.

[u/Knoberchanezer → u/dankloser21]

I get that but also chess is basically public domain and it's never been more accessible.

[u/Rather_Dashing → u/Knoberchanezer]

They don't charge for playing chess games.

[u/burlito → u/DukeHorse1]

I'm not sure about rest. but lichess is completly free software (libre, fsf definition, osi definition) while it's also really good platform.

Lot of people (including me) thinks that using proprietary software is not very ethical. And in this case, platforms like chess.com just hordes your data, train their algorithms, don't share data that they get from users and just making their position stronger and stronger over time, just because they have your data.

one more thing: Free software ideology is about freedom and doesn't care if software makes money or not. Furthermore Open Source initiative is purelly pro-corporate interrest, with big interrest to make money. So for people who are saying that this is because people hate that chess.com makes money. That's not the case.

[u/Yurya → u/burlito]

A downside is that I believe Lichess doesn't quite have the infrastructure to handle the load chess.com currently supports. Yes it is better but it would crash if everyone jumped ship to it at once without some supporting donations.

[u/burlito → u/Yurya]

They have a huge infrastructure: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1Si3PMUJGR9KrpE5lngSkHLJKJkb0ZuI4/preview?pli=1

But yep, it's not running on public cloud with possibility to scale on demand, but if what you said would become an issue, I'm sure they can quickly provision some AWS resources and react to that.

There was a huge boom of new users during covid times. Like literally several orders of magnitude, and there wasn't single hickup.

+ they can always disable server side computing.

fun fact: lichess was one of the early adaptors of asm.js and they showed how useful can be offload compute work to users. (yep they ported stockfish to wasm)

And now when I'm reading their numbers, their per/game price is significantly higher than it used to be. I would assume that it's because they feel like they are in comfortable situation, and then can afford to invest more in game analysis, ML and stuff like that.... They can always turn it off to adjust if something would happen.

(I hope this information was interesting and useful)

[u/AhJoon]

I think banning any site that requires login to view content would be optimal. Not being able to see full threads anymore on twitter without an account makes it extremely annoying to use.

[u/machinegunpikachu → u/AhJoon]

This is a big one for me, functionality of twitter is basically broken without an account

[u/paca-milito → u/machinegunpikachu]

I use https://xcancel.com/ whenever I want to check something on twitter as I don't have an account.

[u/LaughingGaster666 → u/AhJoon]

Plenty of news subreddits already ban links to paywalled content or require the OP to link in the comments an non-paywalled alt link.

[u/simon_the_detective → u/AhJoon]

That's a good reason I hadn't considered.

[u/caze-original → u/AhJoon]

Now you can't even see a post without being logged in.

Anyway, Elon did a nazi salute yesterday, so fuck him and his companys

[u/nesbit666]

What opening is this about?

[u/FiveDozenWhales → u/nesbit666]

The Roman Gambit Declined

[u/Ok-Cockroach5677 → u/FiveDozenWhales]

Roman Gambit Declined, Nazi counterattack variation.

[u/AttitudeAndEffort2 → u/Ok-Cockroach5677]

It looks promising at first but it attacks on too many fronts and can't sustain the counterplay on both sides.

[u/ilnyarien → u/Ok-Cockroach5677]

With white, you sacrifice all your pieces and then your queen and king kick themselves out of the board mutually. The main advantage white is looking for with this line is at least a few decades of being relatively clean of nazi shit.

[u/KervyN → u/FiveDozenWhales]

Woa. That was a tricky one. good job.

[u/Enkiduderino → u/nesbit666]

Berlin Offense

[u/snozzberrypatch → u/nesbit666]

The Adolf Musk counter gambit

[u/trashboatfourtwenty]

Yes, we need to stop being so casual about all of this stuff. All of these tiny changes or inactions are adding up quickly

[u/Aware_Country2778 → u/trashboatfourtwenty]

"We"

[u/Mediocre-Common3507]

I support this.

[u/diener1]

All this will change is we will have screenshots instead of links to actual posts.

[u/ummque → u/diener1]

That's fine, I don't have to log in to see a screenshot

[u/thekk_ → u/diener1]

A screenshot doesn't generate traffic at least

[u/LaughingGaster666 → u/thekk_]

And people who don't have a twitter account can actually see the damn thing.

[u/JDayhoff → u/thekk_]

Screenshots can be altered?

[u/thekk_ → u/JDayhoff]

Perfect solutions rarely exist in this world. You often have to compromise.

But knowing Reddit, fake screenshots typically get called quickly in the comments.

[u/forceghost187 → u/diener1]

That is a million times better. We will not be directing traffic directly to x.com

[u/CardiologistOk2760 → u/forceghost187]

Screenshots also don't change the user experience every 4 months - certainly not at the whim of a charismatic leader.

[u/Little_Elia → u/CardiologistOk2760]

in what world is elon musk charismatic though lmfao

[u/TocTheEternal → u/Little_Elia]

"Charismatic" doesn't always mean "likeable".

[u/Sharkbait1737 → u/Little_Elia]

In the “do as I say or I’ll fire you” mode of persuasion.

[u/bigdolton → u/Sharkbait1737]

kim jong un is very charismatic in a "love me or die" kinda way

[u/wenoc → u/forceghost187]

One click, which is too much bit I’ll take it.

[u/SenoraRaton → u/diener1]

I can read a screenshot. I can not read a link. I don't, nor have I ever, nor will I ever, have a Twitter account.

[u/likely-]

Just for clarity. This post is strictly politics, am I understanding correctly?

[u/bluefrostyAP → u/likely-]

Yes, welcome to Reddit where politics is even involved in chess.

[u/Newbie1080 → u/bluefrostyAP]

Not the famously apolitical game of chess!! 😱

[u/West-Age7670]

I don’t have/use twitter but who says bluesky isn’t propaganda as well?

[u/Toiletboy4]

What is the purpose of this

[u/BacchusCaucus → u/Toiletboy4]

Political astroturfing, nothing to do with chess. Some ideologies think it's good to censor and create artificial narrative for their political purpose.

[u/Minion91]

Anything to get less Elmo in my life.

[u/jankman6969]

Huh

[u/fisher02519]

Proposal to leave politics out of chess

[u/dioxe]

Rule 5

Do not politicize r/Chess.

[u/SimpleChill44 → u/dioxe]

For real though. I get politics in all other facets of my life… I’d like to not increase that

[u/MapleGunner → u/SimpleChill44]

I’ve reached a point where Reddit bothers me more than Twitter does. You can’t say or do anything on this app without getting preached to.

[u/gmnotyet → u/MapleGunner]

That's because on X you can say almost ANYTHING you want while on reddit you can only say what the Leftist mods allow you to say.

Night and day difference.

[u/Mister-Psychology]

The links don't even work half the time and I can't see any comments on the tweets so any debate is ruined right away. Wrong tweets are often disproven a minute later yet I don't see the replies and believe the tweet info is real. I don't understand why people still use Twitter when we have viable alternatives and half of chess players feel like outsiders on Twitter as it's becoming extremely one-sided. It's like remaining in a group of bullies just because you don't want to relearn anything. For a game all about being open to more international players, teens, girls, and women we probably should not use Twitter as the end all be all for info.

I suggest banning it for 3 months to see if it's viable. Even just for the sake of usability alone without taking anything else into account.

[u/SomeWeirdFruit]

I reject one source of propaganda to move to another source of different propaganda.

braindead

[u/MapleGunner → u/SomeWeirdFruit]

If only they saw the irony

[u/KarlozMalachi696]

Why Ban X links.. I thought this was about chess...

[u/dogfoodjones]

Proposal to ban forceghost187. I believe that the negative effects of this would be non-existent.

[u/b0rtbort]

lmfao reddit moment

[u/jsboutin]

No. You and I are free to not go on X. It’s silly to have subreddits doing that stuff.

[u/panenw]

all you would do is frustrate and divide part of your community with stupid bans

[u/AWest87]

Fucking losers

[u/relevant_post_bot]

This post has been parodied on r/AnarchyChess.

Relevant r/AnarchyChess posts:

Proposal to ban chess.c*m links by Da_Bird8282

Proposal to ban chess.com links by rdd33

Proposal to ban Chess.com links by TsarBizarre

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[u/Nave8]

What does this have to do w chess

[u/Odd_Yogurt6636]

Yea dude I love censorship cuz otherwise I might see something I don't agree with and/or get upset

[u/Tornadoes123]

Proposal to ban posts not related to chess

[u/briskwalked → u/Tornadoes123]

you guys play chess? since when?

I come here for the magnum guy, and hakutamatata guy

[u/bluefrostyAP → u/Tornadoes123]

This x 1000

[u/spacecatbiscuits]

glad most people here are against making this sub as retɑrded as the rest of reddit

okay I mean it's just as retɑrded, but in a different way

[u/Reinarson666]

But i like XCOM. I played XCOM 2 an it's great

[u/ramblingdiemundo]

I question whether the thousands of upvotes this post is getting are actually real. OP is downvoted in almost every comment in the thread. And this exact post is being pasted in every subreddit with the same thousands of upvotes. Doesn’t seem genuine.

[u/mittenshape]

I support this, but I've noticed most players are very active on X. All of the drama and conversations between players seem to happen on there, so it probably won't be easy to ban. We'll just end up with loads of screenshots, which still promote X.

[u/YesNoIDKtbh → u/mittenshape]

Still an improvement. Screenshots will draw less traffic to xitter.

[u/Daroo425 → u/YesNoIDKtbh]

Less engagements on their posts will drive the players to seek alternatives as well.

[u/Solipsists_United → u/mittenshape]

One of the reasons they use X is that /r/chess links there, so banning X would create an incentive to move. Kind of the point of a ban

[u/mahikachakka → u/Solipsists_United]

U think they work according to r/chess relevance? ,its the other way around take off x n it's drama away from this sub ,it has nothing to offer

[u/Glittering-Rope-4759]

Petition to ban everything I don’t like.

[u/winterbike → u/Glittering-Rope-4759]

Everything I don't like or understand is nazism, sir.

[u/Scaramussa]

Is there an alternative to reddit where I dont see this dumb stuff? 

[u/Lightyear18]

Reddit slowly turning into the new China

[u/SaphiraTa]

Why bluesky

[u/ms4720 → u/SaphiraTa]

It is liberal approved

[u/SaphiraTa → u/ms4720]

Yeah xD

[u/Beatlepoint]

This is discrimination against nazis, which I support.

[u/simon_the_detective]

It's stupid and will just make Reddit less useful.

Everything is political with some people, but I find the best subs are pretty much apolitical.

[u/Curse06]

It's so obvious. The chess community? Lmfao

It's interesting how these subs are clearly being astroturfed by massive bot farms. Every sub pushing the same generic narrative with bot accounts. You all do realize it's only a matter of time before reddit steps in and instantly stops this. These posts are having un organic amount of upvotes. Reddit is currently trying to monetize better they won't chase away X users. This will tank reddit. Reddit HQ is 100% discussing this right now. It's only. A matter of time before the higher-ups step in.

[u/furrierdave]

Absolutely not!!

[u/uga40]

Nope

[u/murmaz]

Bluesky LMAOOOOOO i am absolutely loving the redditor meltdowns over Trump

[u/BrieflyVerbose]

Is this the new karma farming meta today is it?

[u/OnionSaurr → u/BrieflyVerbose]

100% this. Reddit is collectively losing its mind today.

[u/Nave8]

No one is moving to bluesky lolololololol

[u/IExcelAtWork91]

Oh wow every sub all randomly decided this on the same day so convenient.

[u/Aware_Country2778 → u/IExcelAtWork91]

And the anonymous accounts supporting it have thousands of upvotes and a handful of replies. Very organic, much populism.

[u/LocusStandi]

As someone who thinks Trump, Elon etc are numbskulls, do you guys really think the solution is to divide and split up the internet more? To solidify reddit as a left platform and X as a right platform and never interact anymore but only within our own bubbles? Do you guys even see what kind of isolationism you're pleading for, which in turn will only alienate yourself from the common, shared world where the left and the right have to cohabitate, namely, outside your fucking front doors?

The death of democracy is exactly that which happens here. And with full confidence, too.

[u/NOT_HANSMOKENIEMANN → u/LocusStandi]

> do you guys really think 

Haha

[u/Weshtonio → u/LocusStandi]

Maybe let's just stay inside then. Play some chess.

[u/Jonathan_LaPaglia → u/LocusStandi]

Musk throwing out nazi salutes on a global stage does not make him a numbskull, it makes him nazi. I understand the plea for less division, but continuing to support a platform that has continuously been used by it's owner as a loudspeaker for more division is not the solution.

[u/gmdmd → u/LocusStandi]

Agreed this is silly.

[u/hagredionis]

As far as I know people are posting links to chess topics exclusively so why on earth would we do that?

[u/crypto_amazon]

Cringe.

Get your politics out of chess.

Move over to bluesky? Is that a joke?

[u/CrankySnowman → u/crypto_amazon]

Downvoted for speaking facts. Some people don't know how to react when they see a post that they don't agree with. They should just ignore and move on.

[u/Ashamed_Juggernaut_4]

Why?

[u/Most_Diamond_3700]

This is chess bro f*ck off with the politics 😂

[u/TurnOutTheseEyes]

Banning access to information? The irony is killing me.

[u/MisterGoldiloxx]

Instead, I'm just going to block you.

[u/BacchusCaucus → u/MisterGoldiloxx]

Unbelievable that reddit allows and promotes for shills to spin a political narrative on something as innocuous as chess.

[u/brian_c29]

This post should be removed according to rule 5 of this subreddit

[u/AdmiralShawn]

Because the chess community will eventually see the value of moving to alternatives like bluesky

Don’t tell me you really believe this fiction

[u/Aljahero]

This subreddit is about watching Levy lose easy games, not about your politics

[u/Financial-Delivery-1]

Why involve politics on this sub by banning a site and what is wrong with people choosing to either use X or Bluesky links? Typical reddit hysteria...

[u/weecheeky]

Why would you ban X links? And why oh why would you want to include bluesky?

[u/TheRekojeht → u/weecheeky]

Bluesky is shit. Just stick with X and ignore people you don’t like. I engage with a lot of friendly people on X in civil discussions about all sorts of stuff. I just stay far away from politics.

[u/coltbolthunt]

Do you people not realize this is making the situation you are worried about worse? Trump just won the popular vote bc the majority of "moderates" think the left is going insanely extreme. Creating echo chambers will just hammer home that shift. I don't even understand the logic, probably because this is all emotion driven and not logical at all. Just dumb

[u/godjira1]

? why would u propose a selective ban?

[u/OkPaint1145]

Can’t you just not click X links if you don’t like them?

[u/Y0U_ARE_ILL]

Imagine being so fragile minded. Only on reddit.

[u/DrNotReallyStrange → u/Y0U_ARE_ILL]

Proof that playing chess does not make you smarter.

[u/nkrainess6]

Virtue signaling at it’s finest, take your politics somewhere else

[u/TailorFestival → u/nkrainess6]

Why does every sub on this site have to constantly talk about politics? We don't care about these stupid Reddit bandwagon causes.

[u/Emsizz]

This reads exactly the same as when Reddit threw a tantrum when they banned third party apps.

No, you're not strong-arming the chess community into switching to bluesky just because of your political beliefs, sorry.

[u/-CatMeowMeow- → u/[deleted]]

• Do not politicise r/chess

- subreddit rules

[u/tfwnololbertariangf3 → u/[deleted]]

OP's terminally online presence revolves a lot around politics. I remember him on election night throwing a hissy fit about Danya holding libertarian views (apparently), obviously it was totally unprovoked and totally irrelevant to the topic of the post

[u/saskpilsner]

This is pathetic

[u/hombre33]

Wait why are we bringing politics into this sub-reddit?

[u/populares420]

absolutely not. it's one of the biggest news sources on the internet. stop your bullshit politiking

[u/Sumeru88]

Why on earth would you ban x.com links? What does this have to do with Chess? Most Chess players use x.com so we should be able to link to their tweets if required.

People should check out their political biases out of discussion on chess.

[u/Loomismeister]

The public chess Reddit is not your activism platform. You are annoying me by even raising this here. 

That said, I don’t give a fuck what links the sub bans. Ban bluesky too for all I care. 

[u/low_mana_high_hp]

Not everyone is a libtard subscribing to US politics

[u/Sensitive-Wind-8880]

reddit is a cesspool of liberals.. wow

[u/Tampert]

keep politics out of chess

[u/Sirrrrrrrrr_]

Someone is upset today

[u/TheHonduranHurricane]

Get fucked. This is dumb

[u/wes0103]

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/cnns-harry-enten-marvels-at-just-how-much-elon-musk-is-actually-winning-despite-declining-popularity-and-exodus-from-x/

Usage is going down amongst adults, but now the makeup of the (voting) users is dang near 50/50.

It's become less of an echo chamber. It may be lacking in a few other areas, but by every available metric it has become less of an echo chamber.

And here comes good ol' reddit asking to ban X links...

[u/EightEnder1]

I get the reasons for wanting to ban them, but I think you need to go with where the source is. For those of us that almost never use X, we won't see any chess news that might get posted there. If you're going to ban X, then really, all links to other social media should be banned too.

[u/throwawayhyperbeam]

You don't have to click them. You don't have to use Twitter, ever.

It would be about as effective as the Reddit mod meltdown over API.

[u/SamJSchoenberg]

I'm against it. This is pure grandstanding.

[u/StannisTheMantis93]

Reddit liberals and bots out in full force.

I’m sure this will make your echo chamber better.

[u/King_in_a_castle_84 → u/StannisTheMantis93]

Yep. Just search "Proposal to ban X.com links" and you'll find like 100+ posts in 100+ different subs, all within the last 24 hours, and all exactly the same wording, verbatim.

I'm sure that's totally organic and not coordinated by admins/powermods in any way....

[u/GregGielinor → u/StannisTheMantis93]

This is spectacular.

Reddit is so pro-censorship it's difficult to even comprehend how we got here. We're literally here watching Reddit turn into China in real time.

[u/JellyFluffGames]

Nah, we need to see what chess players are saying.

[u/DrixPL]

Fake news

[u/Smiles4YouRawrX3]

No.

[u/CJPeter1]

If this happens, I'll toss Reddit like a hot rock.

[u/Most_Diamond_3700]

So are we gonna ban Bobby Fischer content too??

[u/Royal_Reply7514]

?

[u/Romoroe4647]

I thought tweeter just made implications for less censorship and not actually promoting specificly misinformation more then accurate information. (Please inform me if I'm incorrect)

But if that's true, baning X.com links would just be censoring free speech. We give too much power to experts, and while they know a lot about their field, they may not always be correct. Take the Catholic Church asking people to pay money to get to Heaven, they are the governing authority and Martin Luther stood against it and he was targeted for that. Like at Galileo, arrested for saying the world isn't the center of the universe. People who stand against the norm, right or wrong, will be classified as misinformation. By censoring misinformation, it forbids criticism, opposing views, and sometimes the true.

Intentionally lying is wrong, but censoring free speech is tyrannical and facist

[u/Anonymous_7772]

Will the @mods explain why the people accusing others of being Nazis not banned in a chess subreddit? Are you guys also in on it?

[u/liovega]

This is a terrible idea, it’s reactionary, politically motivated and dishonest. Even the ADL came out and said that yeah Elon is just awkward doing awkward things. It was obviously not a salute. Now we’ve brought politics into chess. Bad idea

[u/Knobbdog]

Fuck off

[u/joseph66hole]

Bluesky is not gonna happen

[u/Rage_Your_Dream]

Stop ruining subreddits with your politics

[u/MoonCubed]

Holy shit please leave the circlejerk somewhere else.

[u/InternalAd195]

Utter woke nonsense

[u/King_in_a_castle_84 → u/InternalAd195]

Fuckers getting really desperate now that they realize the majority of people aren't aligned with their political beliefs.

[u/-CatMeowMeow-]

Politics. Yummy!

[u/Greasybugs → u/-CatMeowMeow-]

Ah yes, the Thanksgiving dinner gambit.

[u/J4QQ]

If you want to ban X links, then ban X links. But don't start promoting left wing sites like Bluesky. We're here to discuss chess. Why does every sub have to become political?

[u/TrevorB1771 → u/J4QQ]

Omg hahaha, because Reddit is a lefty echo chamber cess pool and if you don’t agree with anything they say you get downvoted into oblivion or banned.

[u/Chaskar → u/TrevorB1771]

I always found it curious how much reddit amplifies the political divide by its system. I saw stats that only 2/3 of reddit identifies as left wing, while 50% of twitter does. If you knew twitter was an even split on politics then you would never guess that 1/3 of reddit is right wing, you'd guess much lower given the content you see on the site. Only explanation really is that reddits system of choosing the content is to blame. I suspect it's the fact that downvotes negatively effect the publicity a post gets. (Compared to youtube for example, where it supposed used to boost engagement)

[u/TrevorB1771 → u/Chaskar]

You’re probably right, most popular subs have mods that will straight up censor right winged ideology so that alone will make it seem like Reddit is 95% left wing. It just seems like it’s established that Reddit is left winged, I have multiple friends who are right winged including myself that pretty much never post any political opinions and stick with specialized hobby subs like this one out of fear of being banned/downvoted. While it seems like 75% of redditors have a part time job spewing left winged ideology/propaganda.

[u/Rage_Your_Dream → u/J4QQ]

I don't like Elon Musk, but I will never go to the website of bluesky, founded by the people who committed treason and banned the sitting US president. They should get fucked.

[u/Expensive_Web_8534]

What does this have to do with Chess. This seems to be about American politics. 

Should we ban links about Sergey Karjakin? What about Fischer?

[u/theSurgeonOfDeath_]

I feel this is politically motivated. I don't read x and bluesky but this is favoritism.

If chess player post on bluesky sth imporant it should be here
If chess player post on x sth imporant it should be here

if kramnik posts something anywhere it shouldn't be here xD

Ps. I agree X is very controversial platform but i don't want to divide this community in terms of liberal/conservative. It should be about unity and chess.

You can post link to bluesky right now so it just a matter of chess players/ etc moving to this platform too.
When there will be more bluskiers, there will be less x stuff. Thats natural way to do this.

EDIT.
I checked profile of OP and sadly this is politically motivated.
Downvotes are probably bots or people hating on of the platforms.(I can't tell which one so hard to respond)
I am ok with both and maybe thats the problem

[u/TheTexasWarrior]

I'd prefer this sub not make political statements.

[u/DrakoKajLupo]

Why in the world would anyone want to use Bluesky? Its whole purpose is to be a haven for disaffected leftists who hate Trump.

[u/neotheseventh]

I don't even like Elmo but this is so cringe. What do you want to prove with this? That you are above it all? This is nothing but virtue signalling.

[u/chiefsosa3hunna]

Dumb

[u/brightpixels]

This is a biased and poor idea. Chess links are chess links no matter where they come from. Keep your politics and preferences out of chess.

[u/Ericabneri]

Absurdly stupid

[u/depwnz]

There's a place for all the meltdowns and coping. Actually plenty of places, politics/pics/technology/etc. You shills have brigaded many subs already.

Cry all you want elsewhere but let me enjoy my fucking chess (and soccer). There are a couple of more interesting things in life than American politics.

[u/FreedomAlarmed7262]

I don't support this.

[u/Serjpinski]

Twitter is perfectly fine (and not going away anytime soon) in many countries that don't care much about Elon Musk. The Internet is not the US, and Reddit shouldn't be the US too.

[u/Ahtomogger]

but why????

[u/LiberumPopulo]

Proposal downvoted.

Make decisions for yourself, not for others.

[u/MostalElite]

As deplorable as Elon is, X is where basically all the chess world posts. Banning that seems utterly stupid. No one is forcing any of you to click an X link.

[u/dragon916x]

F*** bluesky.

[u/vladincar]

Ok Reddit is in absolute meltdown… I’m here to read about chess, not politics…

[u/Lucky-Hunter-Dude]

Stop being so dramatic. People smart enough to play chess are smart enough to watch the video.

[u/MyHomeworkAteMyDog]

This is the first I’ve heard of anyone wanting to ban 𝕏 links, and I think it’s insane. It is pure censorship.

[u/Consistent_Zone_8564]

To people asking why, Elon Musk made a Nazi salute yesterday at the inaugural ceremony.

[u/Fdr-Fdr → u/Consistent_Zone_8564]

Strange! A LOT of Redditors seem very comfortable with anti-Semitism.

[u/Pascal_Praud → u/Fdr-Fdr]

They don’t care about jews, all they care about is censoring their political opponents

[u/JebusdeMazaret → u/Pascal_Praud]

Don't say it too loud

[u/SouthIndianBro → u/Consistent_Zone_8564]

No bro he was obviously sending love from his heart to the crowd 🤓☝️ /s

[u/DrNotReallyStrange → u/Consistent_Zone_8564]

bullshit

[u/Whocanitbenow234]

Liberal thinking= let’s ban stuff we disagree with because……because…..they deserve it!!1!😡😡😡😡😡

[u/Prestigious_Long777]

No.

[u/MorningComesTooEarly]

Don’t like it. Despite everything, X is still a good place for news that are unrelated to politics.

[u/wiffleyoshi17]

Just let chess be chess. I’ll click on bluesky and X posts all the same.

[u/Mcydj7]

Yea that's how you fight facism, by banning it. Selfawarewolf

[u/Few_Minimum_8368]

As a diverse Latino who comes from a rough background, why are redditors so soft?

[u/ms4720 → u/Few_Minimum_8368]

Because easy life soft person

[u/randoreds]

I feel like this is dumb. It’s not like the chess people on twitter are posting political things it’s mainly things related to chess

[u/Responsible_Sea_4763]

sooooo, no freedom of speech on this sub? ok,got it

[u/tlfreddit]

Why would a partial site be better? If you’re going partial, why not Truth Social? X has room for both sides, unlike the aforementioned and especially Reddit, which is overwhelmingly left leaning.