Twitter will prevent sharing links from other social networks

The social network Twitterby Elon Musk, unveiled this Sunday a decision he made regarding links to other platforms.

Through a statement, Twitter explained that it will no longer allow the free promotion of some.

“Twitter is the place where the public conversation takes place and where people from all over the world come to promote their businesses, art, ideas and more. We know that many of our users may be active on other social media platforms,” ​​the statement began.

The platform announced that it will remove the free promotion of prohibited third-party social networks as well as linking via URL or providing your username without a URL.

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This restriction will apply to Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribal, Post and Nostr as well as third party social network link aggregators such as linktr.ee, lnk.bio.

“Accounts that are used for the primary purpose of promoting content on another social platform may be suspended,” he anticipated.

They also warned that it will not be possible to separate the letters with points or share screenshots with the identifier of their platform.

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“We recognize that certain social media platforms provide alternative experiences to Twitter and allow users to post content to Twitter from these platforms. In general, any type of cross-posting on our platform does not violate this policy, even from the prohibited sites listed above,” Twitter clarified.

Users who commit this offense for the first time may be required to delete one or more tweets or temporarily block their account, in case of repeat offenses they could face a permanent suspension. (YO)