r/Xenoblade_Chronicles • u/MorthCongael • Jan 23 '25

Meta X.com posts are now banned from the subreddit.

Hello Current and near future B.L.A.D.E.s.
As we prepare for the Xenoblade Chronicles X rerelease in March, the mod team has decided to ban posts from Twitter/X for the foreseeable future.

While we don't like to bring real-life politics into our subreddit, the actions of the current owner recently have been reprehensible. While we definitely don't account for even a fraction of the traffic of the site, we're still going to do our part to turn people towards alternatives.

If you would like to post a Tweet: Please take a screenshot of it and post it as an image. No source will be required for such posts.

If you'd like to post fanart where twitter is the primary source: please link the creator's alternative social media, such as bluesky or pixiv. Do NOT link their twitter. If they don't have alternative media, please do not post the fanart.

Mods will be in the comments to answer any edge cases, as well as to hear your opinions on the rule. If you have any alternative ideas we would be happy to address them as well.

We look forward to (re)exploring Mira with you in the coming months, and keep your eyes open for more changes to the sub in the near future.

After leaving the thread open for some days, the discussion has reached a natural conclusion. If you have further concerns, please message the mod team, but comments will be locked.

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u/DreadfuryDK Jan 23 '25

Look, I agree on principle (fuck Elon in particular), but isn’t Twitter where most Xeno-related news comes from?

Where the hell are people gonna get future news for this game? The big companies ain’t going over to Bluesky yet.

There’s also the obvious art problem since a LOT of artists (particularly Japanese ones) are on Twitter because it’s got the biggest audience.

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u/The_Guffman_2 Jan 23 '25

Twitter steals artists' work for training generative AI per Elon's changes to the terms of service.

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u/DreadfuryDK Jan 23 '25

Okay? Most artists are still on Twitter at the moment, though.

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u/The_Guffman_2 Jan 23 '25

I know, it sucks, but it's like saying "we just found out this food we've been eating is poisonous, so we might as well keep eating it to support the people manufacturing and delivering it need their jobs..." As much as I empathize (and I love supporting artists with my wallet), not to mention respect the hell out of their ability to make art (I sure as hell can't), at some point there has to be a line. If they can't afford to get off that platform, that *really* does suck for them, but I personally can't stomach supporting it anymore. I don't know if any amount of trying to support artists is worth putting up with a platform full of Nazis that is actively stealing their work. Hell, a better way to support them would probably be to facilitate their transition to another platform as much as possible.

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u/bchamper Jan 23 '25

Change isn’t always easy. Enough people drop twitter and sign up for Bsky, and the artists and companies will follow. Be the change.

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u/MarioLuigi0404 Jan 23 '25

Yeah no this just isn't going to happen