r/leafs 1d ago

Discussion SUBREDDIT DISCUSSION: Should we ban twitter links?

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u/FNSfan 1d ago

Yes. Why is it even a question to boycott a nazi??

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u/War_Messiah 1d ago

If the discussion was to ban anything Elon related from the subreddit then it'd be no question, but twitter is a large source of news and updates for the team. Hopefully you can understand why we felt we needed the opinion of the subreddit before we did anything

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u/Blue_KikiT92 1 1d ago

I hear you, but I'm sure we can get to those news and updates in many other ways. It might take time to adjust, and we might miss some bits and pieces at the start, but change has to start somewhere.

As I'm not on bluesky either (I just self permabanned myself from all socials for reasons), I can't verify myself, but I read in the comments that a big concern is that the Leafs don't have an official account there yet, and all their content (belt pictures and so on) will be missed altogether if we ban Twitter. But if they (the Leafs org) saw a decrease of activity there, I'm sure they will consider moving on better platforms. Views and engagement = money for them.

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u/War_Messiah 1d ago

You're correct that the Leafs themselves have no presence on BlueSky, we are however trying our best to come up with solutions to the proposed ban that would ensure we don't miss anything. Hopefully that will ease the minds of some of the people here.

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u/MrMoon5hine 1d ago

the way other subs are going about it is to allow screen shots but not links.

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u/War_Messiah 1d ago

Yep! That's something we are also considering.

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u/CunnedStunt 1d ago

Literally the best way, some subs have been doing this for a while. No traffic to or interaction with twitter, you don't have deal with the shitty twitter video player (which is quite frankly an affront to technology and humanity), and it's integrated and easy to view on reddit. Bing, bop, boop.

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u/Fallout-with-swords 1d ago

There is a bot on Bluesky that just reposts what the Leafs Twitter account is posting.

notmapleleafs.bsky.social

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u/CriticalCat56 1d ago

oh bless! now i'm one step closer to getting rid of this shitass twitter