The Twitter 2.0 team has decided that it is now against the rules to link out to any competitor’s social platform. Just because it’s free advertising, I guess?
To quote Twitter:
“We recognize that many of our users are active on other social media platforms. However, we will no longer allow free promotion of certain social media platforms on Twitter.” ~ Twitter.
To that end, Twitter has no intention of helping its rivals by giving them access to its user base for free.
Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr, and Post accounts and content that contains links or usernames for these services will be deleted.
Millions of accounts are currently violating this new regulation, in case you were wondering.
Twitter additionally specifies the following in its expanded explanation of the new regulation:
Aggregators of social media links not affiliated with the original platform, such as linktr.ee and lnk.bio You should now remove your links from Linktree and any other link aggregator, as they are also forbidden.
“What about official cross-posting alternatives using Twitter’s API, as when you share a link to something by selecting the Twitter button among the share options available?”
Well, it looks like that’s an acceptable practice for now. LOL.
We’re aware that certain social networking sites offer features that Twitter doesn’t, and that users can share information on Twitter from such sites. Cross-posting from any of the above sites to our platform is not against this policy.
You are technically not breaking the rules if you share your most recent Instagram post on other social media platforms. Sharing your Instagram profile URL would.
Additionally, Twitter notes:
“Posting links or usernames to social media platforms not listed above are also not in violation of this policy.”
Therefore, it’s acceptable to include links to sites like YouTube, Pinterest, Reddit, LinkedIn, Snapchat, and, curiously enough, TikTok.
Steve Brown
Resource Group Media.
