Twitter announced on Sunday that it is discouraging users from promoting rival social media accounts on its platform. However, it seems that the company is now backtracking on this decision. In a now-deleted post, the company stated that if users violated this rule multiple times, their account could be permanently banned. The platforms specifically mentioned in this rule were Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Post, and Nostr. While the official support page and tweets on this development have been deleted, cached versions of the webpage are still available and there are screenshots of the tweets online. Interestingly, tweets by Twitter owner Elon Musk on this new rule still exist. Musk has said that users can cross-post without intentionally promoting the other platform(s).
