Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Now that the "Bird App" is owned by a conspiracy theory-loving, petulant, megalomaniacal manchild, I have decided that the "rules of engagement" between D1P and that site will substantially change going forward. Simply put, I have no desire to have D1P act as a conduit to directly drive traffic/engagement towards Twitter and that is the overall intention of this ROE. Personally, I'd rather not have any references to/from Twitter appear on D1P whatsover, but even I know that's simply not a realistic or feasible proposition. Thus, the new rules for D1P poster engagement with Twitter are as follows: 1. Absolutely no direct linking or embedding of Twitter links whatsoever. Zip. Zero. Zilch. Nada. Any direct embeds or links will be moderated starting tomorrow. 2. If you absolutely must (and think long and hard as to whether that is in fact the case!) post a tweet instead of posting the article the tweet references or summarizing the content of the tweet in your own words, then you can post a screenshot of the tweet, but that will be the extent of it. 3. When You-Know-Who is ultimately unbanned, nothing that he says on Twitter will be posted here in any form at all, screenshot or otherwise. It's going to wind up in the "regular" media anyway so that's the source that you can use if you simply can't help yourself. Naturally, this ROE is preliminary and will continue to evolve over time, but this is how the moderation staff and me are going to approach things vis-a-vis Twitter going forward. I really don't ask very much of you guys in the way of "rules compliance" on this site, but this is something that I feel pretty damned strongly about and this new approach to Twitter is non-negotiable. 4 3 2 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 How will elon recover from this loss 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 (Good rule, I support) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Not bad for regular news, but sucks for shit for gaming. So many threads just start off with a twitter post and that's it. And a lot of straight from the source shit comes from official twitters. I just feel like on the gaming front there will a linking to an article that is really just an embedded twitter post. Like "click here to see the twitter post hosted on our gaming journalist site of the MW2 logo!" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Seems silly but it’s your site. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 30, 2022 Author Share Posted October 30, 2022 3 minutes ago, Bacon said: I just feel like on the gaming front there will a linking to an article that is really just an embedded twitter post. I do realize that, but it still fulfills my intention which is to minimize direct D1P engagement with Twitter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 I’m gonna ignore this and post just as many tweets as I always do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 I'm into it. What I have questions about is the allowability of videos embedded in Tweets. Say, for war footage or the like. It's a lot of the Ukraine thread at this point and is the main place that stuff winds up getting published. (Also, lol Jason's post count) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Just now, Commissar SFLUFAN said: I do realize that, but it still fulfills my intention which is to minimize direct D1P engagement with Twitter. Bah! When you kick it from a Huel OD and I inherit the site I'm reversing your ruling for the gaming section, old man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Your house and all, but also silly handicapping of the site based on the way information is disseminated in 2022. Often Twitter is the primary source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 30, 2022 Author Share Posted October 30, 2022 1 minute ago, CayceG said: What I have questions about is the allowability of videos embedded in Tweets. Say, for war footage or the like. It's a lot of the Ukraine thread at this point and is the main place that stuff winds up getting published. The same "screenshot/description in your own words" rule applies. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwheel86 Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 4 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: The same "screenshot/description in your own words" rule applies. Are articles that are basically a collection of tweets acceptable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 30, 2022 Author Share Posted October 30, 2022 1 minute ago, Jwheel86 said: Are articles that are basically a collection of tweets acceptable? That would be fine. Again, the intention to is minimize "direct" D1P engagement with or traffic to/from Twitter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Your site your rules. So much sporting/gaming news is posted on Twitter these days, that Twitter as a primary source is hard to avoid. Anyone know of any good free image hosting sites? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Just now, AbsolutSurgen said: Your site your rules. So much sporting/gaming news is posted on Twitter these days, that Twitter as a primary source is hard to avoid. Anyone know of any good free image hosting sites? If you are on desktop and need an image capturing tool gyazo works great. Imgur is as easy as drag and drop (no DL of captured image required) on desktop and they have a mobile app that works very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 What about website links to hand drawn cartoons that depict elon musk engaging in various sexual situations/positions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Elon Musk Dakimakura Body Pillow Case - Etsy WWW.ETSY.COM This Pillowcases item by BreadExorcistCustoms has 1066 favorites from Etsy shoppers. Ships from Canada. Listed on Oct 28, 2022 Like linking to this elon musk body pillow case is that still okay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 1 minute ago, stepee said: Like linking to this elon musk body pillow case is that still okay? Don't know about Wade, but I don't want to see this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 4 minutes ago, Bacon said: Don't know about Wade, but I don't want to see this. I just think it’s crazy how many people I know are getting this for Christmas this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Only problem I have with this is that it’s going to be a pain posting from mobile with gaming news as it happens, especially the sort where the Twitter post itself is the news. Screencap, crop, save, upload, copy link. Repeat if multiple threads are worth copying. On a desktop I don’t mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 I kinda feel that if something is so unimportant there is not a single article about it on the internet that can be linked to, then we probably can just assume it’s fine saving the clutter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 30, 2022 Author Share Posted October 30, 2022 14 minutes ago, crispy4000 said: Only problem I have with this is that it’s going to be a pain posting from mobile with gaming news as it happens, especially the sort where the Twitter post itself is the news. Screencap, crop, save, upload, copy link. Repeat if multiple threads are worth copying. On a desktop I don’t mind. I can thoroughly appreciate that inconvenience and realize that it's a direct result of this new policy. I would suggest that you write a quick summary of the breaking news and then include a line that you'll post a screenshot or article when convenient. There really are no "good" options when trying to implement this so I'm kind stuck trying to figure out the "least bad" ones. I'm very much open to any ideas that would reduce the "pain" of the execution of this new policy (no direct Twitter engagement). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 7 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: There really are no "good" options when trying to implement this so I'm kind stuck trying to figure out the "least bad" ones. While this won't be a good suggestion, I thought of it earlier so... You could just block the twitter embeds on your browser's end. I know that is not a good suggestion because it is not just about not seeing the content, it is about not supporting twitter and Musk in any way, shape, or form. But I still think I should mention it just in case. I often just block things on my end like @stepee's avatar because I fucking hate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 5 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: I can thoroughly appreciate that inconvenience and realize that it's a direct result of this new policy. I would suggest that you write a quick summary of the breaking news and then include a line that you'll post a screenshot or article when convenient. There really are no "good" options when trying to implement this so I'm kind stuck trying to figure out the "least bad" ones. I'm very much open to any ideas that would reduce the "pain" of the execution of this new policy (no direct Twitter engagement). I do not know the answer to this question and the answer may very well be no, but are there any Invision plugins that allow for copy/paste images directly into posts? For mobile users, screenshot/paste would be very easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 But my avatar rules. Also a good way to get around twitter is you can just read the tweet in a video and post it on tiktok then link to that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 2 minutes ago, Ghost_MH said: I do not know the answer to this question and the answer may very well be no, but are there any Invision plugins that allow for copy/paste images directly into posts? For mobile users, screenshot/paste would be very easy. Shame there isn't an "Upload Image" similar to that of Discord, next to the "Insert image from URL" button Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Just now, Bacon said: Shame there isn't an "Upload Image" similar to that of Discord, next to the "Insert image from URL" button That would work too. Just as long as there are limits. I'd hate to see hosting and bandwidth costs for this site skyrocket just because someone wants to post an entire tweet thread full of screenshots from their 4k device. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 30, 2022 Author Share Posted October 30, 2022 7 minutes ago, Ghost_MH said: That would work too. Just as long as there are limits. I'd hate to see hosting and bandwidth costs for this site skyrocket just because someone wants to post an entire tweet thread full of screenshots from their 4k device. I would like to think that our users are savvy enough to only post an image or two from the tweet thread and actually write a short summary of its contents rather than sceenshot/post the whole damned thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Doesn't really effect me that much. I hope Twitter burns to the fucking ground. Along with Meta, Instagram and all the other social networking sites who's negatives outweigh their positives in my opinion. 1 1 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 9 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: I would like to think that our users are savvy enough to only post an image or two from the tweet thread and actually write a short summary of its contents rather than sceenshot/post the whole damned thing very diplomatic edit to your wording mr. steel 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 now mobile browsing can suck less 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eventide11 Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Not in favor of this at all but I rarely post here so whatevs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Is there a good way of posting Twitter videos? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 9 minutes ago, AbsolutSurgen said: Is there a good way of posting Twitter videos? Shitty solution, but the only method I can think of is streamable. Open the tweet, copy the url, paste into the "Paste a video URL" box on streamable, create video, (once created) copy the embed code, click on the source box here on d1p and paste code oh, or, make your own subreddit, post twitter link there, post reddit link here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStar189 Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 I'm all for it. The only drawback I see is kind of what @CayceG mentioned about the Ukraine footage. You could also extend that to any crisis that pops up (riots, active shooter, major weather events, etc...). Having that boots on the ground up to the minute coverage is pretty important. That would be the only area I would miss with a no Twitter rule. Everything else though I'm all good. I generally hate reading everyone's "hot take" that just links to the real news article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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