this post was submitted on 26 Aug 2026
48 points (98.0% liked)
People Twitter
10426 readers
643 users here now
People tweeting stuff. We allow tweets from anyone.
RULES:
- Mark NSFW content.
- No doxxing people.
- Must be a pic of the tweet or similar. No direct links to the tweet.
- No international politcs
- Be excellent to each other.
- Provide an archived link to the tweet (or similar) being shown if it's a major celebrity, figure or any politician. See stickied post https://web.archive.org/save is an option. Archive.is is no longer recommended because they remove/alter content.
- If a tweet (or similar) makes a statement of fact, either mark it as "satire" in the body or provide the original source link backing up the statement (see rule 6)
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Yup, sad. I was thinking about this "flow" the other day. Every (corporate) decision - even the bad ones - begins with a thought, a brainstorm, a formal meeting, and then the bureaucratic nuts, bolts and strings.
Maybe some upper level management came across a mention of xcancel, and realized it's cutting off their profit stream (doesn't matter by how little), and it pissed them off, starting the command flow;
or maybe they have a dedicated team to ensure they can farm the most resources/data out of the user base without alternatives, like implementing the ~"X might not work with Advanced Privacy settings on Firefox. Disable it for a better experience" which I'd get all the time if I ever had to visit the main X website. Maybe that's the same team who spearheaded this new move.
Sucks. X has enough money. But for all this about "free speech", and posting porn, and all is free on X, they sure aren't going that way.