The PCGaming Subreddit has banned all links from Twitter, citing what a cesspool it's become. It's the first major gaming sub I've seen do this - any others? www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/c... - ThreadSky

skillup.bsky.social • 35 days ago

The PCGaming Subreddit has banned all links from Twitter, citing what a cesspool it's become. It's the first major gaming sub I've seen do this - any others? https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/1i6v0j5/as_of_today_rpcgaming_has_added_xcom_to_the/

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valekderr.bsky.social•35 days ago

Good

vicious696.bsky.social•35 days ago

a sports reddit I'm on has done the same thing and TBH I say good, no one should be encouraged to visit that place

daniellogan.bsky.social•35 days ago

Unfortunately nfl teams aren’t allowed to use Bluesky apparently. https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/22/24349499/nfl-patriots-bluesky-accounts-not-allowed-x-meta-threads

hyzali.bsky.social•35 days ago

It makes sense given their standing. The fans are one thing but the actual league and the ones who run it are shit.

edmondm.bsky.social•35 days ago

do you still post there ?

maxiprince.bsky.social•35 days ago

Completely agree. I deleted my account months ago.

justsomedutchguy.bsky.social•35 days ago

Really would be awesome if more subreddits made this move.

daniellogan.bsky.social•35 days ago

r/Destiny2 has done this as well

jjzerox8.bsky.social•35 days ago

It seems like Reddit communities in mass are doing the same. Subs I follow (Warframe, Local city subs) are all having those conversations and seem to be following suit.

ericbezanson.bsky.social•35 days ago

My general Reddit feed is full of mod posts announcing the ban of Twitter links from tons of subreddits that run the gamut of different subject matter.

Ex: Formula1, Pittsburg Steelers, DnD, etc…

Many others have active petitions to ban Twitter.

tenkiei.bsky.social•35 days ago

Hopefully that encourages more companies to move away from the platform. The only time I go to twitter these days is because a company made an announcement there instead of on here, YT, their own website etc.

kazzerscout.bsky.social•35 days ago

Good. This seems to be gathering momentum on Twitter - I deleted my account in 2018 so I’m glad to see people finally leaving.

almahex.bsky.social•35 days ago

I saw majority of US states floating around the idea yesterday

bettercallsouthpaw.bsky.social•35 days ago

Nothing but good news, if you ask me. I know tons of others have talked about it. Including TCG subreddits. Hope they all follow suit. Though, sadly, PCGaming is the only one I've heard actually go through with it so far.

danthiell.bsky.social•35 days ago

I think I saw that the Transformers sub did it.

cockatoojones.bsky.social•34 days ago

Love to see it, Musk has turned it into a fascist troll farm and it’s relevance deserves to die off given how dangerous it’s become

greyhoodedbryan.bsky.social•35 days ago

And good for them. If we're serious about leaving the platform, we shouldn't be driving traffic to it on Reddit, Bluesky or anywhere else

zendru.bsky.social•35 days ago

The WoW subreddit just did too

snagglewolf.bsky.social•35 days ago

A bunch of reddits I follow are doing the same, gaming reddits, TV reddits, Warhammer.

intoxicus.bsky.social•35 days ago

Good

cardinalmdm.bsky.social•35 days ago

Love to see it. Can't wait for more to do it.

juliusgoat2011.bsky.social•35 days ago

Great

ascendantnomad.bsky.social•35 days ago

/r/formula1 banned it, /r/liverpoolfc likely to as well

sagemell.bsky.social•35 days ago

DestinyTheGame’s top post is talking about it too

woodhouse.on.computer•35 days ago

It is done.

kellbreaker.bsky.social•35 days ago

Here’s a huge list of popular subreddits banning or discussing a ban of Xitter links

https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/s/jJwk6hLTCa

kellbreaker.bsky.social•35 days ago

r/destiny2 has as well.

A bunch of others are still debating the change.

kellbreaker.bsky.social•35 days ago

Update: it is done. Xitter banned from r/dtg: https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGame/comments/1i7p0dd/xcomtwitter_links_have_been_added_to_the_dtg/?share_id=ScGjsXsLEnhvsl6uPCb53&utm_content=1&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1&rdt=55429

sirzebb.bsky.social•35 days ago

I've been seeing just about all of Reddit doing it

xvgojira.bsky.social•35 days ago

I saw a subreddit say they had blocked it awhile ago cuz the links wouldn't properly show up. I think it was the Alien franchise sub r/LV426

bwilkin.bsky.social•35 days ago

r/Formula1 has as well

https://old.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/1i78lvs/starting_today_we_are_banning_twitterx_content_on/

agrandfool.bsky.social•35 days ago

Seems to be a site-wide thing. Have seen multiple subs for us states ban it in my recommended.

Now, if only the people i follow on twitter were to actually fully leave to bluesky, then id be able to fully delete my account.

gradyish.bsky.social•35 days ago

Just gotta pull the plug yourself at some point (this point). Losing follows puts pressure on those accounts as well by happenstance

primegeo.bsky.social•34 days ago

r/destiny2

crain.bsky.social•35 days ago

Let it burn

theandrew13.bsky.social•35 days ago

Happening on SquaredCircle too, biggest wrestling sub. Saw it in a bunch of subs on my feed last night.

tackgnol.bsky.social•35 days ago

People here will come and cry "Yeah hide in your little bubble", the point they are missing is that Twitter being linked in places gives it legitimacy, if it a pariah and known like "Truth Social" as a place where "these guys" gather, you will take power from them.

dawidrobaszkiewicz.bsky.social•35 days ago

There's a post floating around on Bluesky that shows mods for the Transformers Subreddit have ban links to Twitter, too.

solidage.bsky.social•34 days ago

R/Steamdeck

whit3heart.bsky.social•35 days ago

I think a lot are starting to do it, the f1 subreddit is doing it and /soccer is taking a vote but it’s looking like they’re banning x/Twitter as well.

zannmaster.bsky.social•35 days ago

Just another reason to stop using reddit

datolen.bsky.social•35 days ago

The German sub /de also banned it

supachito.com•35 days ago

MadeMeSmile is voting on it right now and they have almost 11 million subscribers. It looks to be essentially unanimously Yes.

Multiple large city subreddits have also gone forward and already voted and banned it or seems likely they will

harrypujols.com•35 days ago

Time for non-white-supremacy communities to accept this is it. This site is a perfectly-good medium to continue Twitter, no point to make Nazis and oligarchs the hosts of your discourse.

mildlyfancy.bsky.social•35 days ago

Tons of different subreddits seem to be doing it. That's good, honestly.

zackdaniels.bsky.social•35 days ago

I'm on a variety of subreddits, inside and out of gaming, and a lot of them are doing the same thing. Essentially boiling reasons down to it adding no value, which I can't say I disagree with at this point lol

mercygrimm.bsky.social•35 days ago

The Magic: the Gathering subreddits put it to a vote yesterday! Looks like we will be abandoning Twitter as well!

rynox2000.bsky.social•35 days ago

I'm at the point where I am seriously questioning following or purchasing products from any company that still actively uses their Twitter account.

itshard.bsky.social•35 days ago

Apparently the transformers subreddit did as well. Someone posted about it earlier today I think.

alittlegreeky.bsky.social•35 days ago

Goated pfp

jeanlucpicard85.bsky.social•35 days ago

Nice to see not everyone is apathetic about this.

hibssoldier.bsky.social•35 days ago

It's the way forward. We'll done 👏👏

dgtlfnk.bsky.social•35 days ago

I’m dumbfounded why people are still on Reddit as well. The only thing keeping Reddit’s CEO from being in that booth at the inauguration is that he hasn’t made Reddit profitable yet. Why anyone is continuing to contribute to his potential success is 🤯

captainblitz.bsky.social•35 days ago

Well it might be that reddit is actually kinda useful given the current state of things. You ever added "reddit" to your google search lately?

dgtlfnk.bsky.social•35 days ago

Always have. I know it’s a great “real life” resource. I contributed to that database for over a decade. But I left when they made it clear they were no better than Zuck, Musk, et al. Heartbroken for the community. But I’ve long been done kowtowing to bullies.

captainblitz.bsky.social•35 days ago

I mean I know the people you're talking about, but it's nowhere near as bad as twitter or facebook. It's a useful resource, and there are plenty of subreddits without bullies, at least the ones I frequent. So idk how you manage with all the AI slop on the internet lately, but reddit helps me

dgtlfnk.bsky.social•35 days ago

Again, not about the users. As I said, I hated to go. But when they make unreasonable demands upon the content creators, give nothing back in return, and continually make the app progressively worse, I simply chose not to be another mule for a potential billionaire. They’re preying on your comfort.

captainblitz.bsky.social•35 days ago

... I wasn't aware there were "content creators" on reddit, but good to know

darthsatoris.bsky.social•35 days ago

I've seen /r/onepiece, /r/pcmasterrace, /r/denmark, /r/linustechtips and many other subreddits talk about banning it as well. For some it's mostly a symbolic gesture as they don't get many twitter posts at all, but it does send a powerful message.

viperlfc10.bsky.social•35 days ago

Liverpool FC reddit did and I saw most other premier league teams do the same.

spinkyxii.bsky.social•35 days ago

Seen countless subs doing this

zero-to-hero.bsky.social•35 days ago

/r/DestinyTheGame is considering it now. /r/destiny2 has already done it.

theninjajedi.bsky.social•35 days ago

Not quite gaming gaming but I follow a lot of ttrpg subreddits and quite a few are putting bans to community votes and people seem really supportive of it.

tylermcg.bsky.social•35 days ago

r/DTG

anthonylobato.bsky.social•35 days ago

This is great!

tomwarren.co.uk•35 days ago

a bunch of sports communities are doing it too

jpans.bsky.social•35 days ago

Lmao lets go! Flush em into the irrelavent hole. Hopefully one day all my feeds can stop being filled with inflated worth tourism screenshots from there too

bluegemknight.bsky.social•35 days ago

The TwoBestFriendsPlay sub is holding a vote on it right now that is decidedly leaning towards a ban, and that's with a lot of comments saying they misread the poll options and would change their vote to support a ban if they could

mgortz.bsky.social•35 days ago

r/newzealand did the same thing yesterday. But what would you care about that…

omnicaedus.bsky.social•35 days ago

Seems to be a trend on Reddit in general rn, a bunch of football/baseball subreddits have been doing the same

crisc86.bsky.social•34 days ago

Monster hunter reddit banned x too

atcalexj.bsky.social•35 days ago

remdiel.bsky.social•35 days ago

r/Brasil (yes, the country) banned https://x.com links.

remdiel.bsky.social•35 days ago

Good for them.

We must not walk with Nazis. Under no excuse.

obolonprime.bsky.social•35 days ago

Yup, New Zealand is talking about the same.

andrewpaulwood.bsky.social•35 days ago

No it isn't you lying bullshitter

obolonprime.bsky.social•35 days ago

The New Zealand subreddit. This post is talking about subreddits.

obolonprime.bsky.social•35 days ago

The only thing I was wrong about was that the moderation got involved. They didn't. The post was removed due to the very nasty responses further down. Don't think anything will come from this in the end.

serph182.bsky.social•35 days ago

Seen a good chunk of football teams have done it, dnd subs, even metalcore

locdef.bsky.social•35 days ago

I've seen multiple Warhammer subs voting on banner Twitter links - citing that they prefer their facists to be miniature plastic ones.

anonat345.bsky.social•35 days ago

Not gaming, but the biggest Formula 1 sub just banned twitter links today

lonefrontranger.bsky.social•35 days ago

my local city subreddit was discussing doing this yesterday

alittlegreeky.bsky.social•35 days ago

Destiny subreddit is working on it

pjkazama.bsky.social•35 days ago

PS5 as well

chaosmole.bsky.social•35 days ago

I think nearly every sub has announced something similar or that they at least look into it.

I mean I deleted my account after Elmo did go mask off

mardearal.bsky.social•35 days ago

They should be moderating content, not source. Banning all Twitter links is a purely political action, which only damages the community and also the political atmosphere. The left's making the same mistakes all over again.

ascendantnomad.bsky.social•35 days ago

The left doesn’t stand for Nazis, and truthfully if you’re on the right neither should you

skillup.bsky.social•35 days ago

Elon Musk buying Twitter and turning it in a propaganda machine was a political action, and not giving him money/attention is very good for most communities and the political atmosphere, actually.

istaytired.bsky.social•33 days ago

Why does every content creator never speak on the anti woke bs? Are you guys scared of the repercussions for having (the correct) opinions?

theandrew13.bsky.social•35 days ago

Plus he’s broken the site so badly that half the time the links either don’t work or require you to log in to view it. Which is totally useless in the Reddit app where it opens it in a embedded browser.

mardearal.bsky.social•35 days ago

In what way it's good for the communities? And reinforcing political divide is exactly how the left lost its position as the dominant cultural force in the West. Contemporary progressivism is the rare political movement that wants to create walls instead of bridges, and that's why it lost already.

barblehurgy.bsky.social•35 days ago

It shouldn't be any person or community's responsibility to ensure political success for something as vague as "the left's cultural force." We're all trying to do what's right for us, and to the relevant communities that means no longer supporting Musk's platform. I absolutely sympathize with that.

mardearal.bsky.social•35 days ago

We're talking about communities, "the left" is a community.

barblehurgy.bsky.social•35 days ago

You're implying that /r/pcgaming and other subreddits deciding this care at all about the left

harrypujols.com•35 days ago

You’re entitled to your wrong opinion.

reovyn.bsky.social•35 days ago

A whole short paragraph and still being wrong is kinda wild ngl.

casadechrisso.bsky.social•35 days ago

Sorry, but if one thing is damaging the political atmosphere it's Twitter/X, and I don't see why the left is yet again to blame for fascists doing fascist stuff. "If people just weren't woke, we wouldn't have Nazis now" attitude.

mardearal.bsky.social•35 days ago

If woke people weren't chronically antagonistic we wouldn't have Nazis now*, FTFY

remdiel.bsky.social•35 days ago

You would drink on a Nazi bar if the beer was nice and the price wasn't too expensive.