Twitter is reportedly making a new policy that prohibits free promotions on competing social media platforms (Medsos). This means that Twitter will prohibit users from sharing tweets containing links to Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Tribel, Post, and Nostr, whose “primary purpose” is promoting content on those platforms.
“We are aware that many of our users are active on other social media platforms. However, we no longer allow free promotions for certain social media platforms on Twitter,” Alomaki quoted from Twitter Support, Monday (19/12/2022).
Of note, Twitter is warning that users who try to circumvent the new policy using technical means such as URL cloaking or less sophisticated methods will be considered a policy violation. Where the company has also begun to limit the use of third-party aggregators such as Linktree and Link.bio on its platform.
Twitter’s New Policy Prohibits Competitors’ Free Social Media Promotions
According to Twitter, accounts that violate its new policy may be temporarily locked if it’s their first violation. The company will also delete tweets that concern competitors and emphasize that any further violations will result in permanent suspension.
“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 kind of cross-posting to our platform does not violate this policy, even from the restricted sites listed above,” the company said.
Unfortunately the post from the official Twitter Support account has been deleted. However, chats related to this issue are still being discussed by netizens on Twitter globally.
Especially after Paul Graham, founder of startup accelerator Y Combinator, said he found his account blocked after telling his more than 1.5 million followers they could find him on Mastodon, as reported by Engadget .
Even a number of high-profile journalists, including NBC’s Ben Collins and CNN’s Donnie O’Sullivan, found they couldn’t access their Twitter accounts.
Most of the accounts talk about Jack Sweeney or his ElonJet account, which was banned for violating the company’s recently announced policy against public location sharing.
