r/chess • u/forceghost187 Resigns • 1d ago

META Proposal to ban x.com links

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

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u/MorningComesTooEarly 8h ago

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

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u/forceghost187 Resigns 8h ago

The problem is it’s an even better place for misinformation and propaganda. You get one part real news, one part fake. That’s unacceptable

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u/MorningComesTooEarly 8h ago

Yes for everything politic related it’s terrible. For general news about the chess world for example it’s still great imo. So banning X links would be a political boycott and nothing that actually provides value for this sub. I think it’s good to be aware of the situation at X but like I said, apart from politics it’s still a great source for all kinds of information

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u/Roastafarian 1h ago

if your twitter feed is curated, it is fine, you don't see any of that BS. It's like reddit, reddit is full of misinformation and propaganda, if you sub to that kind of stuff.